2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6–9, 2024 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. Southern Indiana, a team ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to being in the second year of a four-year transition from NCAA Division II, won the OVC tournament. The conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament instead went to Southern Indiana's defeated opponent in the OVC final, UT Martin.

2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Southern Indiana (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Stein (1st title)
MVP	Meredith Raley (Southern Indiana)
Television	ESPN+
Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Southern Indiana* †	17	–	1		.944			25	–	7		.781
Little Rock	11	–	7		.611			12	–	18		.400
UT Martin	11	–	7		.611			16	–	17		.485
Eastern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			15	–	18		.455
Morehead State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Tennessee Tech	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Western Illinois	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
Tennessee State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Southeast Missouri State	6	–	12		.333			9	–	20		.310
Lindenwood*	5	–	13		.278			7	–	21		.250
SIU Edwardsville	2	–	16		.111			5	–	26		.161
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2024 OVC tournament winner

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.

If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the tournament runner-up. If that team is also not eligible, i.e. two ineligible teams met in the tournament final, the automatic bid goes to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team.

As Southern Indiana was ineligible for the tournament due to its transition, UT Martin will represent the conference.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Southern Indiana	17–1
2	Little Rock	11–7	3–1 vs. UT Martin/Eastern Illinois
3	UT Martin	11–7	2–2 vs. Little Rock/Eastern Illinois
4	Eastern Illinois	11-7	1–3 vs. Little Rock/UT Martin
5	Morehead State	10–8	1–0 vs. Little Rock
6	Tennessee Tech	10–8	0–2 vs. Little Rock
7	Western Illinois	9–9
8	Tennessee State	7–11
DNQ	Southeast Missouri State	6–12
DNQ	Lindenwood	5–13
DNQ	SIU Edwardsville	2–16

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1	1:00 pm	No. 5 Morehead State vs. No. 8 Tennessee State	50–58	ESPN+
2	3:30 pm	No. 6 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 7 Western Illinois	78–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
3	1:00 pm	No. 4 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 8 Tennessee State	60–48	ESPN+
4	3:30 pm	No. 3 UT Martin vs. No. 6 Tennessee Tech	79–71
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
5	1:00 pm	No. 1 Southern Indiana vs. No. 4 Eastern Illinois	69–54	ESPN+
6	3:30 pm	No. 2 Little Rock vs. No. 3 UT Martin	48–54
Championship – Saturday, March 9
7	2:00 pm	No. 1 Southern Indiana vs. No. 3 UT Martin	83–51	ESPN+
All game times in Central Time.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 6					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7					Semifinals Friday, March 8					Championship Saturday, March 9
											1	Southern Indiana	69
						4	Eastern Illinois	60			4	Eastern Illinois	54
	5	Morehead State	50			8	Tennessee State	48								1	Southern Indiana	83
	8	Tennessee State	58													3	UT Martin	51
											2	Little Rock	48
						3	UT Martin	79			3	UT Martin	54			Third place
	6	Tennessee Tech	78			6	Tennessee Tech	71
	7	Western Illinois	69