2016 MAC women's basketball tournament

2016 MAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams12
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBuffalo (1st title)
Winning coachFelisha Legette-Jack (1st title)
MVPStephanie Reid (Buffalo)
TelevisionTWCSC (Ohio)
MAC women's basketball tournaments
2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Ohio162 .889267  .788
Akron117 .6111914  .576
Buffalo810 .4442014  .588
Bowling Green612 .3331018  .357
Miami (OH)315 .167921  .300
Kent State315 .167623  .207
West
Central Michigan144 .7782211  .667
Ball State135 .7222210  .688
Toledo126 .6671713  .567
Eastern Michigan108 .5562212  .647
Western Michigan810 .4441715  .531
Northern Illinois414 .2221119  .367
2016 MAC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament is a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2015–16 college basketball season. Tournament first-round games will be held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds will be held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 9–12. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Defending champion Ohio earned the #1 seed. Both of Ohio's conference losses had come against eight-seeded Buffalo. The young Bulls defeated #9 seed Bowling Green and then upset Ohio for a third time that season in the quarter-final. Buffalo then defeated fifth-seeded Akron and regular season runner-up Central Michigan to win the tournament championship. Stephanie Reid of Buffalo was the MVP. With the automatic bid, Buffalo lost to Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament.