2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
2025 MAC tournament
Tournament
Mid-American women's basketball seasons
2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Akron 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Ball State 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Bowling Green 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Buffalo 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Miami (OH) 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Toledo 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Western Michigan 0 – 0   – 1 – 0   1.000
Northern Illinois 0 – 0   – 1 – 1   .500
Central Michigan 0 – 0   – 0 – 1   .000
Eastern Michigan 0 – 0   – 0 – 1   .000
Kent State 0 – 0   – 0 – 1   .000
Ohio 0 – 0   – 0 – 1   .000
† 2025 MAC tournament winner
As of November 6, 2024

The 2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season will be the season for Mid-American Conference women's basketball teams. It will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in January 2024 and conclude in March 2024. The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 25th consecutive season.[1] This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2005 with the addition of UMass[2]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Eastern Michigan

On December 11, 2023 Eastern Michigan fired Fred Castro after a 1–7 start.[3] Ke'Sha Blanton finished the season as interim coach. On March 28, 2024, Canisius head coach Sahar Nusseibeh was named as the next head coach.[4]

Toledo

On April 5, 2024, Tricia Cullop left the head coaching position at Toledo after winning three constitutive MAC coach of the year honors to become the head coach at Miami (FL).[5] On April 9, 2024, Monmouth head coach Ginny Boggess was named the new head coach.[6]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record School record MAC record MAC titles MAC Tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Akron Ryan Gensler Illinois (Asst.) 2 11–18 (.379) 11–18 (.379) 6–12 (.333) 0 0 0 0 0
Ball State Brady Sallee Eastern Illinois 13 373–256 (.593) 237–146 (.619) 137–73 (.652) 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green Fred Chmiel South Carolina (Asst.) 2 16–15 (.516)† 16–15 (.516) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo Becky Burke USC Upstate 3 144–85 (.629) 31–30 (.508) 17–19 (.472) 0 0 0 0 0
Central Michigan Kristin Haynie Michigan State (Asst.) 2 6–22 (.214) 6–22 (.214) 4–14 (.222) 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan Sahar Nusseibeh Canisius 1 32–60 (.348) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Kent State Todd Starkey Indiana (Asst.) 9 308–194 (.614) 143–99 (.591) 85–59 (.590) 0 1 1 0 0
Miami Glenn Box Indiana (Assoc HC.) 2 73–51 (.589) 9–20 (.310) 6–12 (.333) 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Illinois Lisa Carlsen Lewis 10 318–302 (.513) 134–138 (.493) 77–87 (.470) 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio Bob Boldon Youngstown State 12 294–229 (.562) 196–141 (.582) 116–84 (.580) 2 1 1 0 0
Toledo Ginny Boggess Monmouth 1 54–42 (.563) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Western Michigan Shane Clipfell Michigan State (Assoc. HC) 13 243–238 (.505) 172–191 (.474) 94–124 (.431) 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Years at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • MAC records are from time at current school only.
  • All statistics and records are through the beginning of the season.
  • †Chmiel's overall record does not include his coaching record at Feather River College and Lassen College because it is unknown to the author

Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Preseason

The MAC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tip-Off will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Each team will have their head coach and a student athlete from both the men's and women's basketball team for interviews.[19]

MAC Men's Basketball Preview Coaches & Student-Athletes MAC Women's Basketball Preview Coaches & Student-Athletes

  • Akron: Head Coach Ryan Gensler & Alexus Mobley (Senior, Guard)
  • Ball State: Head Coach Brady Sallee & Ally Becki (Senior, Guard)
  • Bowling Green: Head Coach Fred Chmiel & Lexi Fleming (Senior, Guard)
  • Buffalo: Head Coach Becky Burke & Chellia Watson (Senior, Guard)
  • Central Michigan: Head Coach Kristin Haynie & Lisa Tesson (Senior, Guard)
  • Eastern Michigan: Head Coach Sahar Nusseibeh & Sisi Eleko (Junior, Forward)
  • Kent State: Head Coach Todd Starkey & Jenna Batsch (Senior, Guard)
  • Miami: Head Coach Glenn Box & Katey Richason (Senior, Forward)
  • Northern Illinois: Head Coach Lisa Carlsen & Chelby Koker (Grad., Guard)
  • Ohio: Head Coach Bob Boldon & Kate Dennis (Senior, Guard)
  • Toledo: Head Coach Ginny Boggess & Nan Garcia (Grad., Guard/Forward)
  • Western Michigan: Head Coach Shane Clipfell & Hannah Spitzley (Grad., Guard)

Preseason women's basketball coaches poll

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Ball State 120 10
2. Kent State 104 2
3. Buffalo 98 --
4. Bowling Green 96 --
5. Toledo 82 --
T6. Northern Illinois 64 --
T6. Ohio 64 --
8. Miami 44 --
9. Akron 43 --
10. Western Michigan 34 --
11. Eastern Michigan 23 --
12. Central Michigan 20 --

MAC Tournament Champions:Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)

Source[20]

MAC Preseason All-Conference

Honor Recipient
Preseason All-MAC First Team Ally Becki, Ball State, Senior
Amy Velasco, Bowling Green, Senior
Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Fifth Year
Jenna Batsch, Kent State, Senior
Kirsten Lewis-Williams, Buffalo, Sophomore
Preseason All-MAC Second Team Brooke Stonebraker, Northern Illinois, Graduate Student
Erika Porter, Bowling Green, Fifth Year
Jaya McClure, Ohio, Junior
Madelyn Bischoff, Ball State, Senior
Sammi Mikonowicz, Toledo, Graduate Student

Regular season

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
  Pre Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Wk
17		 Wk
18		 Wk
19		 Final
Akron AP
C
Ball State AP
C
Bowling Green AP
C
Buffalo AP
C
Central Michigan AP
C
Eastern Michigan AP
C
Kent State AP
C
Miami AP
C
Northern Illinois AP
C
Ohio AP
C
Toledo AP
C
Western Michigan AP
C
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

See also

2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

References

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