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

2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Ohio 14 4   .778 30 6   .833
Miami (OH) 13 5   .722 23 9   .719
Buffalo 12 6   .667 24 10   .706
Kent State 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Akron 7 11   .389 16 15   .516
Bowling Green 2 16   .111 9 21   .300
West
Central Michigan 15 3   .833 25 8   .758
Toledo 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Northern Illinois 10 8   .556 19 13   .594
Eastern Michigan 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
Western Michigan 4 14   .222 10 20   .333
Ball State 3 15   .167 8 23   .258
2019 MAC tournament winner

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.

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.