2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
TelevisionESPN3
2013–14 OVC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
West
UT Martin†15–1 .938  24–8  .750
SIU Edwardsville7–9 .438  11–19  .367
Eastern Illinois7–9 .438  12–16  .429
Southeast Missouri State6–10 .375  10–19  .345
Austin Peay6–10 .375  9–20  .310
Murray State4–12 .250  11–17  .393
East
Belmont10–6 .625  14–18  .438
Tennessee Tech9–7 .563  12–18  .400
Tennessee State9–7 .563  12–18  .400
Eastern Kentucky9–7 .563  17–13  .567
Jacksonville State8–8 .500  14–18  .438
Morehead State6–10 .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. "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". 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.
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