2012 MAC women's basketball tournament

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. Tavelyn James of Eastern Michigan was the MVP.

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)
MAC women's basketball tournaments

2011–12 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	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

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. 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.

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

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Tavelyn James, Bowling Green

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