2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season: Difference between revisions

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The '''2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season''' began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season]] in November. Conference play began in January 2017 and concluded in March 2017. [[2016–17 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team|Central Michigan]] won the regular season title with a record of 15–3 by one game over [[2016–17 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team|Ball State]]. Larissa Lurken of [[2016–17 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team|Kent State]] was named MAC playerPlayer of the yearYear.<ref name="Awards">{{Cite web|title=WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS ANNOUNCED|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2017/3/7/WBB_0307173149.aspx}}</ref>

Sixth-seeded [[2016–17 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team|Toledo]] won the [[2017 MAC Womenwomen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|MAC Tournamenttournament]] by beating fourth-seeded [[2016–17 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team|Northern Illinois]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2017/03/mac_tournament_2017.html|title=MAC Tournamenttournament 2017: Toledo women defeat Northern Illinois for title and NCAA Tournamenttournament bid|website=Cleveland.com|access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> Toledo was placed as the #10 seed in the Stockton Region of the [[2017 NCAA Division I Womenwomen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Tournamenttournament]]. They lost to [[2016–17 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team|Creighton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/game/basketball-women/d1/2017/03/17/toledo-creighton/|title=2017 Women's Basketball Division I Championship - First Round|website=NCAA|access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> Central Michigan, Ball State, Kent State, [[2016–17 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team|Ohio]], and Northern Illinois all qualified for the [[2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/1//2017_post_wnit_bracket_final.pdf?id=19|title=2017 Bracket|website=WNIT|access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref>

==Preseason Awardsawards==

''(First place votes in parenthesisparentheses)''

====Tournament Champschamps====

===Mid–American Tournamenttournament===

{{Main|2017 MAC Womenwomen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament}}

===NCAA Tournamenttournament===

{{Main|2017 NCAA Division I Womenwomen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament}}

===Postseason Awardsawards===