MAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket
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2022 MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 -- Quarterfinals
Game 1: No. 1 Toledo vs. No. 8 Ohio, 11 AM ET (ESPN+)*
Game 2: No. 4 Northern Illinois vs. No. 5 Ball State, Time TBA (ESPN+)*
Game 3: No. 2 Buffalo vs. No. 7 Western Michigan, Time TBA (ESPN+)*
Game 4: No. 3 Akron vs. No. 6 Bowling Green, Time TBA (ESPN+)*
Friday, March 11th, 2022 -- Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 vs. Game 2 Winner, 10 AM ET (ESPN+)
Game 6: Game 3 vs. Game 4 Winner, Time TBA (ESPN+)*
Saturday, March 12th, 2022 - -MAC Championship
Game 7: Game 5 vs. Game 6 Winner, 11 AM ET (CBS Sports Network)
*Minimum 30 minutes between completion of prior game in the session
MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Seeding Breakdown
Due to losing a number of games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MAC membership instituted a unbalanced tiebreaker policy for the 2021-22 season. That policy states that ....
When two teams (a) have the same number of losses but different win totals, (b) have a total games/matches played differential of no more than one (1) game/match, and have played each other at least one time: Head-to-head results will take precedence over winning percentage.
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When two teams (a) have the same number of wins but different loss totals, (b) have a total games/matches played differential of no more than one (1) game/match, and have played each other at least one time: Head-to-head results will take precedence over winning percentage.
2022 MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Seeding
1. Toledo (19-1)
2. Buffalo (16-4)
3. Akron (13-7)
Northern Illinois (11-9)
Ball State (11-8)
-- NIU and Ball State each had 11 wins but were separated by (1) game in the loss column. Therefore both teams were compared head-to-head.
-- NIU and Ball State split the regular season series
-- The next tiebreaker takes winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
-- Northern Illinois and Ball State each had a .000 win pct. vs. Toledo
-- Northern Illinois and Ball State each had a .500 win pct. vs. Buffalo
--Northern Illinois had a 1.000 win pct. vs. Akron // Ball State had a .000 win pct. vs. Akron
--Northern Illinois wins tiebreaker
4. Northern Illinois (11-9)
5. Ball State (11-8)
Bowling Green (10-10)
Western Michigan (10-10)
Kent State (10-10)
-- Bowling Green/Western Michigan/Kent State all finished with 10-10 (.500) records
-- The first tiebreaker is to compare the three teams H2H
-- Bowling Green (1-1 vs. WMU // 2-0 vs. Kent State = 3-1)
-- Western Michigan (1-0 vs. Kent State // 1-1 vs. Bowling Green = 2-1)
-- Kent State (0-2 vs. Bowling Green // 0-1 vs. Western Michigan = 0-3)
6. Bowling Green (10-10)
7. Western Michigan (10-10)
Kent State (10-10)
Ohio (9-10)
-- Kent State was last in the three team tiebreaker amongst Western Michigan/Bowling Green.
-- Tiebreaker states that when TWO teams have the same number of losses but separated by (1) game in the win column – we compare head-to-head
-- Kent State & Ohio split the regular season series 1-1.
-- The next tiebreaker takes winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
-- Ohio had a .500 win pct. vs. Toledo // Kent State had a .000 win pct. vs. Toledo
-- Ohio wins tiebreaker
8. Ohio (9-10)
