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.

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] On December 11, 2023 Eastern Michigan fired Fred Castro after a 1–7 start.

[6] Notes: Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The MAC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tip-Off will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.