2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsBelmont (6th title)
Winning coachBart Brooks (4th title)
MVPDestinee Wells (Belmont)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 16 2   .889 23 8   .742
Tennessee Tech 14 4   .778 21 11   .656
Murray State 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
Austin Peay 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Eastern Illinois 11 7   .611 16 14   .533
UT Martin 9 9   .500 12 18   .400
SIU Edwardsville 8 10   .444 13 18   .419
Tennessee State 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
Southeast Missouri State 2 16   .111 6 23   .207
Morehead State 0 18   .000 1 27   .036
2022 OVC tournament winner


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]

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

Schedule

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]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
Semifinals
Friday, March 4
Championship
Saturday, March 5
1 Belmont 64
4 Austin Peay 51
4 Austin Peay 67
5 Eastern Illinois 61 8 Tennessee St. 53
8 Tennessee St. 72 1 Belmont 51
2 Tennessee Tech 29
2 Tennessee Tech 68
3 Murray State 62
3 Murray State 84
6 UT Martin 84 7 SIU Edwardsville 76
7 SIU Edwardsville 86

* denotes number of overtime periods

References

  1. ^ "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.