2009 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament - Format

Format

Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC receive a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded per division by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

• Two-team tie:

1. Head-to-head competition
2. Division record (ten games)
3. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
4. Non-division record (six games)
5. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
6. Coin flip by the Commissioner

• Three-team tie:

1. Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
2. Division record (ten games)
3. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
4. Non-division record (six games)
5. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
6. Coin flip by the Commissioner

Note: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreakers go in effect. If there are multiple ties, the ties are broken from the top down (e.g. a tie for #3 will be broken before a tie for #5).

The top two seeds in each division receive byes into the Quarterfinals.