2014 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–8 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.^[3] The conference tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The entire tournament will be shown on ESPN3 and the OVC Digital Network.

2014 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Television	ESPN3
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2013–14 OVC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West
UT Martin†	15	–	1		.938			24	–	8		.750
SIU Edwardsville	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
Eastern Illinois	7	–	9		.438			12	–	16		.429
Southeast Missouri State	6	–	10		.375			10	–	19		.345
Austin Peay	6	–	10		.375			9	–	20		.310
Murray State	4	–	12		.250			11	–	17		.393
East
Belmont	10	–	6		.625			14	–	18		.438
Tennessee Tech	9	–	7		.563			12	–	18		.400
Tennessee State	9	–	7		.563			12	–	18		.400
Eastern Kentucky	9	–	7		.563			17	–	13		.567
Jacksonville State	8	–	8		.500			14	–	18		.438
Morehead State	6	–	10		.375			12	–	17		.414
† 2014 OVC tournament winner As of March 22, 2014 Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

Format

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

The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earns a berth into the OVC Tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earn a bid, regardless of division. The 1st seed goes to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically goes to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams are seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds

Seed^[4]	School	Conf (Overall)^[5]	Tiebreaker
#1	UT Martin	15-1 (22-7)
#2	Belmont	10-6 (13-16)
#3	Tennessee Tech	9-7 (12-17)	3-1 vs. Tennessee St. & E. Kentucky
#4	Tennessee State	9-7 (12-17)	2-2 vs. Tennessee Tech & E. Kentucky
#5	Eastern Kentucky	9-7 (15-12)	1-3 vs. Tennessee Tech & Tennessee St.
#6	Jacksonville State	8-8 (12-17)
#7	SIU Edwardsville	7-9 (11-18)	1-1 vs. UT Martin
#8	Eastern Illinois	7-9 (12-15)	0-2 vs. UT Martin

Bracket

^[4]

	First round Wednesday, March 5					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 6					Semifinals Friday, March 7					Championship game Saturday, March 8
											1	UT Martin	97
											5	Eastern Kentucky	45
						4	Tennessee State	75
	5	Eastern Kentucky	75			5	Eastern Kentucky	79
	8	Eastern Illinois	52													1	UT Martin	78
																2	Belmont	66
											2	Belmont	65
											6	Jacksonville State	50
						3	Tennessee Tech	56
	6	Jacksonville State	71			6	Jacksonville State	57
	7	SIU Edwardsville	59

See also

2014 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. . www.ovcsports.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
4. "2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
5. "OVCSports.com - 2014 OVC Women's Basketball Championship Field is Set". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

External links

• 2014 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship