2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament explained

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.

Seeds

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]

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker
1Belmont16–2
2Tennessee Tech14–4
3Murray State13–5
4Austin Peay11–71–1 vs. Belmont
5Eastern Illinois11–70–2 vs. Belmont
6UT Martin9–9
7SIU Edwardsville8–10
8Tennessee State6–12

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 2
11:00 pmNo. 5 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 8 Tennessee State61–72ESPN+
23:30 pmNo. 6 UT Martin vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville84–86
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
31:00 pmNo. 4 Austin Peay vs. No. 8 Tennessee State67–53ESPN+
43:30 pmNo. 3 Murray State vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville84–76
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
51:00 pmNo. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Austin Peay64–51ESPN+
63:30 pmNo. 2 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 3 Murray State68–62
Championship – Saturday, March 5
72:00 pmNo. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech51-29ESPN+
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket

* denotes number of overtime periods

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker. Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. February 27, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference. 2022-02-15. ovcsports.com. en.