2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

The 2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in March 2019. Central Michigan won its third straight regular season title with a record of 15–3 by one game over Ohio. Cierra Dillard of Buffalo was named MAC player of the year.

2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
ChampionsCentral Michigan
  Runners-upOhio
Season MVPReyna Frost
Tournament
ChampionsBuffalo
  Runners-upOhio
Finals MVPCierra Dillard
2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Ohio144 .778306  .833
Miami (OH)135 .722239  .719
Buffalo126 .6672410  .706
Kent State117 .6112013  .606
Akron711 .3891615  .516
Bowling Green216 .111921  .300
West
Central Michigan153 .833258  .758
Toledo117 .6112112  .636
Northern Illinois108 .5561913  .594
Eastern Michigan612 .3331417  .452
Western Michigan414 .2221020  .333
Ball State315 .167823  .258
2019 MAC tournament winner

Fourth-seeded Buffalo won the MAC tournament by beating Central Michigan in the semi-finals and Ohio in the final. Central Michigan was given an at large bid as an eight-seed in the Chicago Region of the NCAA tournament where they lost to Michigan State 89–88. Buffalo was the ten-seed in the Albany Region where they defeated Rutgers before losing to the eventual winner of the region Connecticut 84–72 Ohio, Kent State, Miami, and Toledo all qualified for the WNIT. Ohio won three games before losing to Northwestern and reached 30 total wins on the season.

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