Year: | 2023 |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
Coach: | Kim Rosamond |
Titlecount: | 10th |
Champions: | Tennessee Tech |
City: | Evansville, Indiana |
Arena: | Ford Center |
Teams: | 8 |
Gender: | Women's |
Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held from March 1 through March 4, 2023, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]
Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | |
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1 | Little Rock | 17-1 | |||
2 | Eastern Illinois | 14-4 | |||
3 | Tennessee Tech | 13-5 | |||
4 | Southeast Missouri State | 10–8 | |||
5 | UT Martin | 9-9 | |||
6 | SIU Edwardsville | 7-11 | 1-1 vs. Tennessee State | 1-1 vs. Eastern Illinois | |
7 | Tennessee State | 7–11 | 1-1 vs. SIUE | 0-2 vs. Eastern Illinois | |
8 | Morehead State | 6-12 | 1-1 vs. Southern Indiana | 1-1 vs. Tennessee Tech | |
DNQ | Southern Indiana | 6-12 | 1-1 vs. Morehead State | 0-2 vs. Tennessee Tech | |
DNQ | Lindenwood | 1-17 |
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
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First Round – Wednesday, March 1 | |||||
1 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 UT Martin vs. No. 8 Morehead State | 68–70 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 7 Tennessee State | 71–64 | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 | |||||
3 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 8 Morehead State | 77–38 | ESPN+ | |
4 | 3:30 pm | No. 3 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 6 SIU Edwardsville | 76–62 | ||
Semifinals – Friday, March 3 | |||||
5 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State | 49–35 | ESPN+ | |
6 | 3:30 pm | No. 2 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 3 Tennessee Tech | 61–66 | ||
Championship – Saturday, March 4 | |||||
7 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 3 Tennessee Tech | 46–54 | ESPN+ | |
All game times in Central Time.[2] |