Central Michigan won its third straight regular season title with a record of 15–3 by one game over Ohio.

[1] Fourth-seeded Buffalo won the MAC tournament by beating Central Michigan in the semi-finals and Ohio in the final.

[4] 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[5][6] 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.

[9] (First place votes in parentheses) Central Michigan (9), Miami (2), Ohio (1) Central Michigan (8), Buffalo (3), Northern Illinois (1) [1] 2018–19 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season