2013 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2012 tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2012–13
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Tennessee–Martin[1] (3 title)
Winning coach Kevin McMillan [1] (3 title)
MVP Jasmine Newsome[1] (Tennessee–Martin)
Attendance 3,764[2]
Television ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2012  2014»
2012–13 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Tennessee Tech 12 – 4   .750     19 – 12   .613
Eastern Kentucky 11 – 5   .688     18 – 12   .600
Belmont 12 – 5   .706     28 – 24   .538
Tennessee State 9 – 7   .563     14 – 15   .483
Morehead State 5 – 11   .313     9 – 21   .300
Jacksonville State 1 – 15   .063     1 – 27   .036
West
Eastern Illinois 12 – 4   .750     20 – 12   .625
Tennessee–Martin † 11 – 5   .688     19 – 15   .559
SIU Edwardsville 9 – 7   .563     16 – 15   .516
Murray State 8 – 8   .500     16 – 13   .552
Southeast Missouri State 1 – 11   .083     11 – 18   .379
Austin Peay 2 – 14   .125     7 – 21   .250
† 2013 OVC tournament winner
As of March 23, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 6 - March 9 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] The University of Tennessee at Martin received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

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[2] School Conf (Overall)[4] Tiebreaker
#1 Eastern Illinois 12–4 OVC West Champion, 1-0 vs TTU
#2 Tennessee Tech 12–4 OVC East Champion, 0-1 vs EIU
#3 Belmont 11-5 2-1 vs EKU & UTM
#4 Tennessee–Martin 11–5 1-1 vs Belmont & EKU
#5 Eastern Kentucky 11-5 1–2 vs Belmont & UTM
#6 SIU Edwardsville 9-7 1-0 vs TSU
#7 Tennessee State 9-7 0-1 vs SIUE
#8 Murray State 8-8

Bracket

[2]

First Round
Wednesday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7		 Semifinals
Friday, March 8		 Championship Game
Saturday, March 9
ESPN2
5  Eastern Kentucky 62  
8  Murray State 61     5  Eastern Kentucky 63  
         4  Tennessee–Martin 78  
           4  Tennessee–Martin 71  
           1  Eastern Illinois 69  
               
               
           4  Tennessee–Martin 87
6  SIU Edwardsville 73       2  Tennessee Tech 80
7  Tennessee State 61     6  SIU Edwardsville 45  
         3  Belmont 62  
           3  Belmont 57  
           2  Tennessee Tech 61  
                    
                    
      

See also

2013 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2013/3/8/WBB_0308130313.aspx?path=wbball
  2. 1 2 3 "2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/index.aspx?path=wbball

External links

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