2016 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Belmont (1st title)
Winning coach Cameron Newbauer (1st title)
MVP Sally McCabe (Belmont)
Television OVCDN/ESPN3
Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UT Martin 14 2   .875     22 9   .710
Belmont † 13 3   .813     24 9   .727
SIU Edwardsville 12 4   .750     18 12   .600
Eastern Kentucky 10 6   .625     18 12   .600
Southeast Missouri State 8 8   .500     15 16   .484
Austin Peay 8 8   .500     10 20   .333
Murray State 7 9   .438     12 17   .414
Tennessee State 7 9   .438     12 18   .400
Tennessee Tech 6 10   .375     10 19   .345
Jacksonville State 5 11   .313     10 18   .357
Morehead State 4 12   .250     10 20   .333
Eastern Illinois 2 14   .125     3 25   .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 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

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