2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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]

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+
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2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Belmont162 .889267 .788
UT Martin135 .722239 .719
Morehead State135 .7222411 .686
Tennessee Tech126 .6672211 .667
Austin Peay108 .5561515 .500
Jacksonville State99 .5001515 .500
Murray State99 .5001317 .433
SIU Edwardsville810 .4441316 .448
Southeast Missouri State810 .4441317 .433
Eastern Illinois513 .2781118 .379
Tennessee State513 .278525 .167
Eastern Kentucky018 .000227 .069
2019 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Format

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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

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SeedSchoolConferenceOverall
1Belmont16–225–6
2Morehead State13–523–10
3UT Martin13–522–8
4Tennessee Tech12–621–9
5Austin Peay10–815–15
6Murray State9–913–17
7Jacksonville State9–914–16
8Southeast Missouri5–99–16
SIU Edwardsville8–1013–17
Eastern Illinois5–1311–18
Tennessee State5–135–25
Eastern Kentucky0–182–27

Bracket

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  • 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
         
1Belmont74
8Southeast Missouri65
1Belmont62
4Tennessee Tech48
4Tennessee Tech68
5Austin Peay57
1Belmont59
3UT Martin53
2Morehead State77
7Jacksonville State60
2Morehead State67
3UT Martin68
3UT Martin77
6Murray State56

References

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  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.