Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference basketball championship
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Ohio Valley Conference
Number Of Teams:8
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Years:1981–present
Most Recent:2024
Current Champion:Southern Indiana (1st)
Most Championships:Tennessee Tech (10)
Website:Ohio Valley Conference Basketball

The Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Ohio Valley Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving 8 of the 11 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head matchup as a tiebreaker. The winner normally receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. An exception was in 2024, when Southern Indiana swept the conference's regular-season and tournament titles but was not eligible for the NCAA tournament because of its ongoing transition from NCAA Division II. The highest seeds face off against the corresponding lowest seeds, with the two remaining teams facing off in the Finals to determine the champion. The tournament has been held since 1981.[1]

History

For the 1978-79 season, a tournament was held to determine the champion of the conference, though it was not a postseason tournament due to it being held from February 8–10, with the season running until March 9. Southeast Missouri vacated the 2005-06 title due to NCAA penalties. Tennessee Tech has won 10 titles, Austin Peay (which left the conference in July 2022) has won 7, and Belmont (which also left in 2022) and Middle Tennessee (formerly of the conference) have won 6 each.[2]

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-UpVenue
1982Tennessee Tech80–66Morehead StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1983Middle Tennessee State74–61Morehead StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1984Middle Tennessee State (2)71–61Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1985Middle Tennessee State (3)67–61Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1986Middle Tennessee State (4)66–63Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1987Tennessee Tech (2)71–67Middle Tennessee StateMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1988Middle Tennessee State (5)79–62Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1989Tennessee Tech (3)80–79Murray StateMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1990Tennessee Tech (4)79–72Murray StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1991Tennessee Tech (5)84–59Middle Tennessee StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1992Tennessee Tech (6)81–74Eastern KentuckyCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1993Tennessee Tech (7)80–73Middle Tennessee StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1994Tennessee State71–63Tennessee TechCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1995Tennessee State (2)66–63Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1996Austin Peay69–60Middle Tennessee StateNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1997Eastern Kentucky69–65Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1998Middle Tennessee State (6)59–58UT MartinNashville, TN (Nashville Arena)
1999Tennessee Tech (8)86–83UT MartinNashville, TN (Nashville Arena)
2000Tennessee Tech (9)89–80Austin PeayNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2001Austin Peay (2)65–63Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2002Austin Peay (3)85–83Tennessee TechLouisville, KY (Kentucky International Convention Center)
2003Austin Peay (4)85–61Southeast Missouri StateNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2004Austin Peay (5)65–51Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2005Eastern Kentucky (2)84–73 (2OT)Southeast Missouri StateNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2006Southeast Missouri State †71–50Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2007Southeast Missouri State62–60Murray StateNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2008Murray State69–58Eastern IllinoisNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2009Austin Peay (6)69–65 (2OT)Eastern IllinoisNashville, TN (Sommet Center)
2010Austin Peay (7)69–60Eastern IllinoisNashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena)
2011UT Martin82–76Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2012UT Martin (2)82–65Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2013UT Martin (3)87–80 (OT)Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2014UT Martin (4)78–66BelmontNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2015Tennessee State (3)64–60UT MartinNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
Belmont95–63Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2017Belmont (2)94–64Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2018Belmont (3)63–56UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2019Belmont (4)59–53UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2020Southeast Missouri State (2)67–47UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2021Belmont (5)83–75UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2022Belmont (6)51–29Tennessee TechEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2023Tennessee Tech (10)54–46Little RockEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2024Southern Indiana83–51UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)

List of championships by school

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Tennessee Tech101982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2023
Austin Peay71996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010
Belmont62016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Middle Tennessee61983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998
UT Martin42011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Tennessee State31994, 1995, 2015
Eastern Kentucky21997, 2005
Southeast Missouri State22006†, 2007, 2020
Southern Indiana12024
Murray State12008
Morehead State11979
Eastern Illinois0
Jacksonville State0
Lindenwood0
Little Rock0
SIU Edwardsville0
Western Illinois0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unknown.
  2. Web site: - Ohio Valley Conference.

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