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. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as

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between March 13 and 16. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA tournament.

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won the conference tournament championship game 77–61 over

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was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Format

Unlike recent MAC women's tournaments, in which the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals, the tournament reverted to its original structure in which the top four seeds receive just one bye into the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Miami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched first round byes
Miami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched home games in the second round
Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Ball State will play in the first round ''First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds''

All-Tournament team

Tournament MVP – Cierra Dillard, ''Buffalo''

References

External links

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