2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsBelmont (4 title)
Winning coachBart Brooks (2 title)
MVPJenny Roy (Belmont)
Top scorerEmanye Robertson (UT Martin)
(58 points)
TelevisionESPN+
2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Belmont †16–2 .88926–7  .788
UT Martin13–5 .72223–9  .719
Morehead State13–5 .72224–11  .686
Tennessee Tech12–6 .66722–11  .667
Austin Peay10–8 .55615–15  .500
Jacksonville State9–9 .50015–15  .500
Murray State9–9 .50013–17  .433
SIU Edwardsville8–10 .44413–16  .448
Southeast Missouri State8–10 .44413–17  .433
Eastern Illinois5–13 .27811–18  .379
Tennessee State5–13 .2785–25  .167
Eastern Kentucky0–18 .0002–27  .069
† 2019 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament ended the 2018–19 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held March 6–March 9 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] Belmont won the championship, defeating UT Martin 59–53.[2] Belmont's Jenny Roy was named tournament MVP.[3]

Format

The OVC women's tournament is a traditional single-elimination tournament featuring the top eight teams in the conference regular-season standings. This differs from the format used in the OVC men's tournament; while that tournament also involves only eight of the league's 12 members, it has a radically different format, consisting of two stepladder brackets that produce the tournament finalists. The women's tournament is seeded so that the #8 seed faces the #1 seed in the first round, #7 faces #2, and so on. There is no reseeding, so if the #8 team were to defeat the #1 seed it would continue in the tournament playing the team which would have faced the #1 seed in the subsequent round (winner of #4 vs. #5).[4][5]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall
1 Belmont 16–2 25–6
2 Morehead State 13–5 23–10
3 UT Martin 13–5 22–8
4 Tennessee Tech 12–6 21–9
5 Austin Peay 10–8 15–15
6 Murray State 9–9 13–17
7 Jacksonville State 9–9 14–16
8 Southeast Missouri 5–9 9–16
– SIU Edwardsville 8–10 13–17
– Eastern Illinois 5–13 11–18
– Tennessee State 5–13 5–25
– Eastern Kentucky 0–18 2–27

Bracket

  • All times central.
First round
Wednesday, March 6 & Thursday, March 7
ESPN+
1PM
1PM
3PM
3PM 		Semifinals
Friday, March 8
ESPN+
1PM
3PM 		Championship
Saturday, March 9
ESPN+
2PM
         
1 Belmont 74
8 Southeast Missouri 65
1 Belmont 62
4 Tennessee Tech 48
4 Tennessee Tech 68
5 Austin Peay 57
1 Belmont 59
3 UT Martin 53
2 Morehead State 77
7 Jacksonville State 60
2 Morehead State 67
3 UT Martin 68
3 UT Martin 77
6 Murray State 56

References

  1. ↑ "2019 OVC Basketball Championships - Evansville, Indiana - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ "UT Martin vs. Belmont - Box Score - March 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Belmont women top UT Martin 59-53, 4th straight NCAA berth". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ "OVC changing to women's basketball scheduling". The Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Kirshner, Alex (March 2, 2016). "The OVC Tournament is hard to peg". SBNation.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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