Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1981–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]
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 9 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]
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up | Venue |
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1982 | Tennessee Tech | 80–66 | Morehead State | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1983 | Middle Tennessee State | 74–61 | Morehead State | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1984 | Middle Tennessee State (2) | 71–61 | Tennessee Tech | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1985 | Middle Tennessee State (3) | 67–61 | Tennessee Tech | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1986 | Middle Tennessee State (4) | 66–63 | Tennessee Tech | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1987 | Tennessee Tech (2) | 71–67 | Middle Tennessee State | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1988 | Middle Tennessee State (5) | 79–62 | Tennessee Tech | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1989 | Tennessee Tech (3) | 80–79 | Murray State | Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center) |
1990 | Tennessee Tech (4) | 79–72 | Murray State | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1991 | Tennessee Tech (5) | 84–59 | Middle Tennessee State | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1992 | Tennessee Tech (6) | 81–74 | Eastern Kentucky | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1993 | Tennessee Tech (7) | 80–73 | Middle Tennessee State | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1994 | Tennessee State | 71–63 | Tennessee Tech | Cookeville, TN (Eblen Center) |
1995 | Tennessee State (2) | 66–63 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
1996 | Austin Peay | 69–60 | Middle Tennessee State | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
1997 | Eastern Kentucky | 69–65 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
1998 | Middle Tennessee State (6) | 59–58 | UT Martin | Nashville, TN (Nashville Arena) |
1999 | Tennessee Tech (8) | 86–83 | UT Martin | Nashville, TN (Nashville Arena) |
2000 | Tennessee Tech (9) | 89–80 | Austin Peay | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2001 | Austin Peay (2) | 65–63 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2002 | Austin Peay (3) | 85–83 | Tennessee Tech | Louisville, KY (Kentucky International Convention Center) |
2003 | Austin Peay (4) | 85–61 | Southeast Missouri State | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2004 | Austin Peay (5) | 65–51 | Eastern Kentucky | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2005 | Eastern Kentucky (2) | 84–73 (2OT) | Southeast Missouri State | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2006 | Southeast Missouri State † | 71–50 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2007 | Southeast Missouri State | 62–60 | Murray State | Nashville, TN (Gaylord Entertainment Center) |
2008 | Murray State | 69–58 | Eastern Illinois | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2009 | Austin Peay (6) | 69–65 (2OT) | Eastern Illinois | Nashville, TN (Sommet Center) |
2010 | Austin Peay (7) | 69–60 | Eastern Illinois | Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena) |
2011 | UT Martin | 82–76 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2012 | UT Martin (2) | 82–65 | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2013 | UT Martin (3) | 87–80 (OT) | Tennessee Tech | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2014 | UT Martin (4) | 78–66 | Belmont | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2015 | Tennessee State (3) | 64–60 | UT Martin | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2016 | Belmont | 95–63 | Eastern Kentucky | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2017 | Belmont (2) | 94–64 | Eastern Kentucky | Nashville, TN (Nashville Municipal Auditorium) |
2018 | Belmont (3) | 63–56 | UT Martin | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2019 | Belmont (4) | 59–53 | UT Martin | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2020 | Southeast Missouri State (2) | 67–47 | UT Martin | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2021 | Belmont (5) | 83–75 | UT Martin | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2022 | Belmont (6) | 51–29 | Tennessee Tech | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2023 | Tennessee Tech (10) | 54–46 | Little Rock | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
2024 | Southern Indiana | 83–51 | UT Martin | Evansville, IN (Ford Center) |
School | Championships | Years |
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Tennessee Tech | 10 | 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2023 |
Austin Peay | 7 | 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 |
Belmont | 6 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
Middle Tennessee | 6 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998 |
UT Martin | 4 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Tennessee State | 3 | 1994, 1995, 2015 |
Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 1997, 2005 |
Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 2006†, 2007, 2020 |
Southern Indiana | 1 | 2024 |
Murray State | 1 | 2008 |
Morehead State | 1 | 1979 |
Eastern Illinois | 0 | |
Jacksonville State | 0 | |
Lindenwood | 0 | |
Little Rock | 0 | |
SIU Edwardsville | 0 | |
Western Illinois | 0 |
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