2011 MAC women's basketball tournament

2011 MAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBowling Green
Winning coachCurt Miller
MVPLauren Prochaska (Bowling Green)
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2010–11 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bowling Green † 13 – 3   .813 28 – 4   .875
Kent State 11 – 5   .688 20 – 9   .690
Buffalo 8 – 8   .500 16 – 15   .516
Akron 6 – 10   .375 14 – 16   .467
Ohio 4 – 12   .250 9 – 22   .290
Miami (OH) 3 – 13   .188 11 – 19   .367
West
Toledo 14 – 2   .875 23 – 8   .742
Central Michigan 11 – 5   .688 20 – 10   .667
Eastern Michigan 10 – 6   .625 22 – 12   .647
Northern Illinois 7 – 9   .438 13 – 17   .433
Western Michigan 5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
Ball State 4 – 12   .250 9 – 21   .300
† 2011 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2011 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2010–11 college basketball season. The 2011 tournament was held March 5–12, 2011. Second seeded Bowling Green won the championship over fifth seeded Eastern Michigan. Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green was the MVP.

Format

The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two receives the #1 seed. First round games will be played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.

Seeds

Seed School Conference record Division
1† Toledo 14–2 West
2† Bowling Green 13–3 East
3† Central Michigan 11–5 West
4† Kent State 11–5 East
5 Eastern Michigan 10–6 West
6 Buffalo 8–8 East
7 Northern Illinois 7–9 West
8 Akron 6–10 East
9 Western Michigan 5–11 West
10 Ohio 4–12 East
11 Ball State 4–12 West
12 Miami 3–13 East
† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals.
Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

First round
Campus sites
March 5 		Quarterfinals
Quicken Loans Arena
March 9 		Semifinals
Quicken Loans Arena
March 11 		Championship game
Quicken Loans Arena
March 12
            
1 Toledo 73
8 Akron 65
8 Akron 76
9 Western Michigan 65
1 Toledo 55
5 Eastern Michigan 61
4 Kent State 65
5 Eastern Michigan 69
5 Eastern Michigan 82
12 Miami 74
5 Eastern Michigan 46
2 Bowling Green 51
2 Bowling Green 66
10 Ohio 57
7 Northern Illinois 56
10 Ohio 72
2 Bowling Green 80
3 Central Michigan 72
3 Central Michigan 90
6 Buffalo 69
6 Buffalo 82
11 Ball State 73

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green

Player Team
Melissa Goodall Toledo
Tavelyn James Eastern Michigan
Cassie Schrock Eastern Michigan
Tracy Pontius Bowling Green
Lauren Prochaska Bowling Green

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