2016 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UT Martin142 .875  229  .710
Belmont133 .813  249  .727
SIU Edwardsville124 .750  1812  .600
Eastern Kentucky106 .625  1812  .600
Southeast Missouri State88 .500  1516  .484
Austin Peay88 .500  1020  .333
Murray State79 .438  1217  .414
Tennessee State79 .438  1218  .400
Tennessee Tech610 .375  1019  .345
Jacksonville State511 .313  1018  .357
Morehead State412 .250  1020  .333
Eastern Illinois214 .125  325  .107
2016 OVC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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 70
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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