2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Television ESPN3
Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 OVC women's basketball standings
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]

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be held March 5–March 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.

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. ↑ "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 "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.

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