2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Belmont (1st title)
Winning coach	Cameron Newbauer (1st title)
MVP	Sally McCabe (Belmont)
Television	OVCDN/ESPN3
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The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament was won by Belmont, who defeated Eastern Kentucky in the championship game.^[1]

2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UT Martin	14	–	2	.875	22	–	9	.710
Belmont †	13	–	3	.813	24	–	9	.727
SIU Edwardsville	12	–	4	.750	18	–	12	.600
Eastern Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	18	–	12	.600
Southeast Missouri State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	16	.484
Austin Peay	8	–	8	.500	10	–	20	.333
Murray State	7	–	9	.438	12	–	17	.414
Tennessee State	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Tennessee Tech	6	–	10	.375	10	–	19	.345
Jacksonville State	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Morehead State	4	–	12	.250	10	–	20	.333
Eastern Illinois	2	–	14	.125	3	–	25	.107


† 2016 OVC tournament winner As of March 21, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Format

The OVC tournament is an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two team receiving byes through to the semifinals.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Tennessee–Martin	14–2	21–8
2	Belmont	13–3	21–8
3	SIU Edwardsville	12–4	17–12
4	Eastern Kentucky	10–6	16–11
5	Austin Peay	8–8	10–19	1–1 vs. Peay
6	Southeast Missouri State	8–8	15–14	1–1 vs. SEMO
7	Tennessee State	7–9	12–17	1–0 vs. Murray
8	Murray State	7–9	11–16	0–1 vs. TSU

Bracket

Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 2 & Thursday, March 3 OVCDN/ESPN3			Semifinals Friday, March 4 OVDN/ESPN3			Championship Saturday, March 5 OVDN/ESPN3

1	Tennessee–Martin	76

8	Murray State	78
			8	Murray State	52

			4	Eastern Kentucky	63
4	Eastern Kentucky	82

5	Austin Peay	68
						4	Eastern Kentucky	63

						2	Belmont	95
2	Belmont	68

7	Tennessee State	60
			2	Belmont	92

			3	SIU Edwardsville	68
3	SIU Edwardsville	80^OT

6	Southeast Missouri State	76

References

^ Allison, Autumn (March 5, 2016). "Belmont women crush EKU to win OVC, earn NCAA bid". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

External links

2016 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship

[1] Allison, Autumn (March 5, 2016). "Belmont women crush EKU to win OVC, earn NCAA bid". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

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