2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Champions | Ohio |
Runners-up | Central Michigan |
Season MVP | Nathalie Fontaine |
Tournament | |
Champions | Buffalo |
Runners-up | Central Michigan |
Finals MVP | Stephanie Reid |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo † | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Michigan | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2016 and concluded in March 2016. Ohio won its second straight regular season title with a record of 16–2 by two games over Central Michigan.[1] Nathalie Fontaine of Ball State was named MAC player of the year.[2]
Top-seeded Ohio entered the MAC tournament as the defending champion. Both of its 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.[3][4] Buffalo then defeated fifth-seeded Akron and regular season runner-up Central Michigan to win the tournament championship.[5][6] Buffalo lost to Ohio State in the NCAA tournament. Ohio, Central Michigan, Ball State, and Akron all qualified for the WNIT.[7]
Preseason awards
[edit]The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 27, 2015.[8]
Preseason women's basketball coaches poll
[edit](First place votes in parentheses)
East Division
[edit]West Division
[edit]Regular Season Champion
[edit]Ohio (10), Ball State (1), Eastern Michigan (1)
Tournament champs
[edit]Ohio (5), Ball State (3), Eastern Michigan (3), Buffalo (1)
Honors
[edit]Honor | Recipient |
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Preseason All-MAC East | Kiyanna Black, Ohio |
Anita Brown, Akron | |
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio | |
Erica Donovan, Bowling Green | |
Hannah Plybon, Akron | |
Preseason All-MAC West | Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State |
Cha Sweeney, Eastern Michigan | |
Miracle Woods, Western Michigan | |
Jill Morrison, Ball State | |
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, Toledo |
Postseason
[edit]Mid–American tournament
[edit]NCAA tournament
[edit]Women's National Invitational Tournament
[edit]Postseason awards
[edit]- Coach of the Year: Sue Guevara, Central Michigan
- Player of the Year: Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State
- Freshman of the Year: Presley Hudson, Central Michigan
- Defensive Player of the Year: Quiera Lampkins, Ohio
- Sixth Man of the Year: Jewel Cotton, Central Michigan and Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo
Honors
[edit]Honor | Recipient |
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Postseason All-MAC First Team | Anita Brown, Akron, G |
Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State, G | |
JoAnna Smith, Buffalo, G | |
Kiyanna Black, Ohio, G | |
Brenae Harris, Toledo, G | |
Postseason All-MAC Second Team | Hannah Plybon, Akron, G |
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan, G | |
Tinara Moore, Central Michigan, F | |
Cha Sweeney, Eastern Michigan, G | |
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, G | |
Postseason All-MAC Third Team | Jill Morrison, Ball State, G |
Lauren Tibbs, Bowling Green, C | |
Stephanie Reid, Buffalo, G | |
Janay Morton, Eastern Michigan, G | |
Breanna Mobley, Western Michigan | |
Ally Lehman, Northern Illinois, G | |
Postseason All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jordan Korinek, Kent State, F |
Lexie Baldwin, Ohio, F | |
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, Toledo, G | |
Janice Monakana, Toledo, F | |
Jessica Jessing, Western Michigan, F | |
All-MAC Defensive Team | Stephanie Reid, Buffalo, G |
Tinara Moore, Central Michigan, F | |
Janay Morton, Eastern Michigan, G | |
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, G | |
Jasmine Weatherspoon, Ohio, F | |
All-MAC Freshman Team | Carmen Grande, Ball State, G |
Sydney Lambert, Bowling Green, G | |
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan, F | |
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan, G | |
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo, C |
See also
[edit]2015–16 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
References
[edit]- ^ "BACK-TO-BACK: @OhioWBasketball Clinches MAC regular season Title". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "MAC ANNOUNCES MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER, COACH AND FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR".
- ^ "Bowling Green 44, Buffalo 60". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Buffalo 72, Ohio 60". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Buffalo 73, Akron 71". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Buffalo 88, Central Michigan 87". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "2017 Bracket" (PDF). WNIT. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES 2015-16 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL". Mid-American Conference.
- ^ a b "MAC ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S HOOPS ALL-MAC TEAMS, DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Mid-American Conference.