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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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2023 →
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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.