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.
2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2021–22 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Belmont (6th title) |
Winning coach | Bart Brooks (4th title) |
MVP | Destinee Wells (Belmont) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Seeds
editOnly 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 |
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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
editGame | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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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
editFirst 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
edit- ^ "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.