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 |
Mid-American women's basketball seasons | |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 27, 2015.[8]
Preseason women's basketball coaches poll
(First place votes in parentheses)
East Division
West Division
Regular Season Champion
Ohio (10), Ball State (1), Eastern Michigan (1)
Tournament champs
Ohio (5), Ball State (3), Eastern Michigan (3), Buffalo (1)
Honors
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
Mid–American tournament
NCAA tournament
Women's National Invitational Tournament
Postseason awards
[2][9]
- 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
[9]
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
2015–16 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
References
- ^ "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.