2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsBelmont (1st title)
Winning coachCameron Newbauer (1st title)
MVPSally McCabe (Belmont)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3
2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UT Martin142 .875229  .710
Belmont †133 .813249  .727
SIU Edwardsville124 .7501812  .600
Eastern Kentucky106 .6251812  .600
Southeast Missouri State88 .5001516  .484
Austin Peay88 .5001020  .333
Murray State79 .4381217  .414
Tennessee State79 .4381218  .400
Tennessee Tech610 .3751019  .345
Jacksonville State511 .3131018  .357
Morehead State412 .2501020  .333
Eastern Illinois214 .125325  .107
2016 OVC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Format

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

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Tennessee–Martin 14–2 21–8
2 Belmont 13–3 21–8
3 SIU Edwardsville 12–4 17–12
4 Eastern Kentucky 10–6 16–11
5 Austin Peay 8–8 10–19 1–1 vs. Peay
6 Southeast Missouri State 8–8 15–14 1–1 vs. SEMO
7 Tennessee State 7–9 12–17 1–0 vs. Murray
8 Murray State 7–9 11–16 0–1 vs. TSU

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 2 & Thursday, March 3
OVCDN/ESPN3
Semifinals
Friday, March 4
OVDN/ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 5
OVDN/ESPN3
         
1 Tennessee–Martin 76
8 Murray State 78
8 Murray State 52
4 Eastern Kentucky 63
4 Eastern Kentucky 82
5 Austin Peay 68
4 Eastern Kentucky 63
2 Belmont 95
2 Belmont 68
7 Tennessee State 60
2 Belmont 92
3 SIU Edwardsville 68
3 SIU Edwardsville 80OT
6 Southeast Missouri State 76

See also

References

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