Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1981–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Southern Indiana (1st)
Most championships Tennessee Tech (10)
Official website Ohio Valley Conference Basketball

The Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Ohio Valley Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving 8 of the 11 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head matchup as a tiebreaker. The winner normally receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. An exception was in 2024, when Southern Indiana swept the conference's regular-season and tournament titles but was not eligible for the NCAA tournament because of its ongoing transition from NCAA Division II. The highest seeds face off against the corresponding lowest seeds, with the two remaining teams facing off in the Finals to determine the champion. The tournament has been held since 1981. [1]

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History

For the 1978-79 season, a tournament was held to determine the champion of the conference, though it was not a postseason tournament due to it being held from February 8–10, with the season running until March 9. Southeast Missouri vacated the 2005-06 title due to NCAA penalties. Tennessee Tech has won 10 titles, Austin Peay (which left the conference in July 2022) has won 7, and Belmont (which also left in 2022) and Middle Tennessee (formerly of the conference) have won 6 each. [2]

Results

SeasonTournament championScoreTournament runner-upVenue
1982 Tennessee Tech 80–66 Morehead State Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1983 Middle Tennessee State 74–61Morehead StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1984Middle Tennessee State (2)71–61Tennessee Tech Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1985Middle Tennessee State (3)67–61Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1986Middle Tennessee State (4)66–63Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1987Tennessee Tech (2)71–67Middle Tennessee StateMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1988Middle Tennessee State (5)79–62Tennessee TechMurfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1989Tennessee Tech (3)80–79 Murray State Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)
1990Tennessee Tech (4)79–72Murray StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1991Tennessee Tech (5)84–59Middle Tennessee StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1992Tennessee Tech (6)81–74 Eastern Kentucky Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1993Tennessee Tech (7)80–73Middle Tennessee StateCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1994 Tennessee State 71–63Tennessee TechCookeville, TN (Eblen Center)
1995Tennessee State (2)66–63Tennessee Tech Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1996 Austin Peay 69–60Middle Tennessee StateNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1997Eastern Kentucky69–65Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
1998Middle Tennessee State (6)59–58 UT Martin Nashville, TN (Nashville Arena)
1999Tennessee Tech (8)86–83UT MartinNashville, TN (Nashville Arena)
2000Tennessee Tech (9)89–80Austin PeayNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2001Austin Peay (2)65–63Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2002Austin Peay (3)85–83Tennessee Tech Louisville, KY (Kentucky International Convention Center)
2003Austin Peay (4)85–61 Southeast Missouri State Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2004Austin Peay (5)65–51Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2005Eastern Kentucky (2)84–73 (2OT)Southeast Missouri StateNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2006Southeast Missouri State †71–50Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2007Southeast Missouri State62–60Murray StateNashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
2008Murray State69–58 Eastern Illinois Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2009Austin Peay (6)69–65 (2OT)Eastern IllinoisNashville, TN (Sommet Center)
2010Austin Peay (7)69–60Eastern IllinoisNashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena)
2011UT Martin82–76Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2012UT Martin (2)82–65Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2013 UT Martin (3)87–80 (OT)Tennessee TechNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2014 UT Martin (4)78–66 Belmont Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2015Tennessee State (3)64–60UT MartinNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2016 Belmont95–63Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2017 Belmont (2)94–64Eastern KentuckyNashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)
2018 Belmont (3)63–56UT Martin Evansville, IN (Ford Center)
2019 Belmont (4)59–53UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2020 Southeast Missouri State (2)67–47UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2021 Belmont (5)83–75UT MartinEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2022 Belmont (6)51–29Tennessee TechEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2023 Tennessee Tech (10)54–46Little RockEvansville, IN (Ford Center)
2024 Southern Indiana 83–51 UT Martin Evansville, IN (Ford Center)
2025 Tennessee Tech (11)82-76 (OT) Lindenwood Evansville, IN (Ford Center)

List of championships by school

SchoolChampionshipsChampionship Years
Tennessee Tech 111982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2023, 2025
Austin Peay 71996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010
Belmont 62016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Middle Tennessee 61983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998
UT Martin 42011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Tennessee State 31994, 1995, 2015
Eastern Kentucky 21997, 2005
Southeast Missouri State 22006†, 2007, 2020
Southern Indiana 12024
Murray State 12008
Morehead State 11979
Eastern Illinois 0
Jacksonville State 0
Lindenwood 0
Little Rock 0
SIU Edwardsville 0
Western Illinois 0

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "- Ohio Valley Conference" (PDF).
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