The 2009–10 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2009, followed by the start of the
2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2009 and ended with the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 6, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The tournament opened with ...
in November. Conference play began in January 2010 and concluded in March 2010. Bowling Green won the regular season title with a record of 14–2 by two games over Toledo and Kent State. Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green was named MAC player of the year.
Top seeded Bowling Green won the
MAC tournament over second seeded Toledo. Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green was the tournament MVP. Bowling Green lost to
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
in the first round of the
NCAA tournament. Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, and Akron played in the
WNIT.
Preseason awards
The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 28, 2009.
Preseason women's basketball poll
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East Division
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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West Division
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Tournament champs
Bowling Green
Honors
Postseason
Mid–American tournament
NCAA tournament
Women's National Invitational Tournament
Postseason awards
#Coach of the Year:
Jodi Kest
Jodi Kest (born March 30, 1962) is the former head women's basketball coach for the University of Akron.
Career
In her first season at Akron, the Zips posted double digit wins for the first time in more than eight years. That included a six-game w ...
, Akron
#Player of the Year: Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
#Freshman of the Year: Courtney Osborn, Miami
#Defensive Player of the Year: Kourtney Brown, Buffalo
#Sixth Man of the Year: Rachel Tecca, Akron
Honors
See also
2009–10 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
References
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