KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Both the Western Michigan men's and women's basketball teams will face Northern Illinois in the first round of the 2016 Mid-American Conference Tournament.
First round games will be held on Monday, March 7, at campus sites, with seeds 5-8 serving as hosts. Winners advance to Cleveland, Ohio, for the remainder of the tournament which will be held at Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The top four seeds in both the men's and women's brackets have received automatic byes in the first round.
The Western Michigan women concluded the regular season with a 16-14, 8-10 MAC record and is the No.