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2012 MAC women's basketball tournament - Wikipedia

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2012 MAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Eastern Michigan
Winning coach	AnnMarie Gilbert
MVP	Tavelyn James (Eastern Michigan)
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2011–12 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bowling Green	14	–	2	.875	24	–	6	.800
Miami (OH)	11	–	5	.688	21	–	9	.700
Akron	7	–	9	.438	14	–	18	.438
Ohio	6	–	10	.375	14	–	18	.438
Kent State	5	–	11	.313	6	–	21	.222
Buffalo	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290
West
Eastern Michigan†	13	–	3	.813	23	–	8	.742
Toledo	13	–	3	.813	21	–	9	.700
Central Michigan	8	–	8	.500	20	–	15	.571
Northern Illinois	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Western Michigan	5	–	11	.313	8	–	22	.267
Ball State	4	–	12	.250	9	–	21	.300


† 2012 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2012 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2011–12 college basketball season. The 2012 tournament was held March 3–10, 2012. Second seeded Eastern Michigan won the championship over fifth seeded Central Michigan.^[1] Tavelyn James of Eastern Michigan was the MVP.^[2]

Format

First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 3. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 7–10.^[3] The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

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

^[3]

Bracket

First round Saturday, March 3			Second round Wednesday, March 7			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9			Semifinals Friday, March 9			Championship Saturday, March 10

			1	Bowling Green

				(bye)



						1	Bowling Green

							(bye)









									1	Bowling Green	66

									4	Central Michigan	69



			4	Miami

				(bye)



						4	Miami	64

						5	Central Michigan	78
5	Central Michigan	86

12	Ball State	62
			5	Central Michigan	58

			8	Ohio	55
8	Ohio	58

9	Kent State	40
												5	Central Michigan	71

												3	Eastern Michigan	72



			2	Ball State

				(bye)



						2	Eastern Michigan

							(bye)









									2	Eastern Michigan	59

									3	Toledo	57



			3	Toledo

				(bye)



						3	Toledo	72

						6	Northern Illinois	62
6	Akron	96

11	Buffalo	82
			6	Akron	60

			7	Northern Illinois	61
7	Northern Illinois	68

10	Western Michigan	51

^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[1]

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Tavelyn James, Bowling Green^[11]

Player	Team
Taylor Johnson	Central Michigan
Crystal Bradford	Central Michigan
Jas'Mine Bracey	Central Michigan
Natachia Watkins	Eastern Michigan
Tavelyn James	Eastern Michigan

References

^ ^a ^b "Eastern Michigan's Paige Redditt lays in last-second winner for title". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2012 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament Seedings". HustleBelt. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "MAC Women's Basketball First Round: Top Seeds Roll". HustleBelt. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Central Michigan 58, Ohio 55". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Northern Illinois 61, Akron 60". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Central Michigan 78, Miami 64". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Toledo 72, Northern Illinois 62". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Central Michigan 69, Bowling Green 66". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Eastern Michigan 59, Toledo 57". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "EASTERN MICHIGAN CLAIMS MAC TOURNAMENT TITLE". Mid-American Conference Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

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