| Year: | 2022 |
| Champions: | Belmont |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Bart Brooks |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Destinee Wells |
| Mvpteam: | Belmont |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| City: | Evansville, Indiana |
| Arena: | Ford Center |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2–5, 2022, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers used were 1) Head-to-head results and 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down.[1]
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belmont | 16–2 | ||
| 2 | Tennessee Tech | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Murray State | 13–5 | ||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. Belmont | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois | 11–7 | 0–2 vs. Belmont | |
| 6 | UT Martin | 9–9 | ||
| 7 | SIU Edwardsville | 8–10 | ||
| 8 | Tennessee State | 6–12 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 8 Tennessee State | 61–72 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 UT Martin vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville | 84–86 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 | |||||
| 3 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 Austin Peay vs. No. 8 Tennessee State | 67–53 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 3:30 pm | No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville | 84–76 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 4 | |||||
| 5 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Austin Peay | 64–51 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 3:30 pm | No. 2 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 3 Murray State | 68–62 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 5 | |||||
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech | 51-29 | ESPN+ | |
| All game times in Central Time.[2] | |||||
* denotes number of overtime periods