2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
TelevisionESPN3
← 2013
 →
2013–14 OVC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
West
15 1   .938 24 8   .750
7 9   .438 11 19   .367
7 9   .438 12 16   .429
6 10   .375 10 19   .345
6 10   .375 9 20   .310
4 12   .250 11 17   .393
East
10 6   .625 14 18   .438
9 7   .563 12 18   .400
9 7   .563 12 18   .400
9 7   .563 17 13   .567
8 8   .500 14 18   .438
6 10   .375 12 17   .414
2014 OVC Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2014; Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be held March 5–March 8 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] The conference tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The entire tournament will be shown on ESPN3 and the OVC Digital Network.

Format[]

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

The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earns a berth into the OVC Tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earn a bid, regardless of division. The 1st seed goes to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically goes to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams are seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds[]

Seed[4] School Conf (Overall)[5] Tiebreaker
#1 15-1 (22-7)
#2 10-6 (13-16)
#3 9-7 (12-17) 3-1 vs. Tennessee St. & E. Kentucky
#4 9-7 (12-17) 2-2 vs. Tennessee Tech & E. Kentucky
#5 9-7 (15-12) 1-3 vs. Tennessee Tech & Tennessee St.
#6 8-8 (12-17)
#7 7-9 (11-18) 1-1 vs. UT Martin
#8 7-9 (12-15) 0-2 vs. UT Martin

Bracket[]

[4]

First Round
Wednesday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 7
Championship Game
Saturday, March 8
1 UT Martin 97
5 Eastern Kentucky 45
4 Tennessee State 75
5 Eastern Kentucky 75 5 Eastern Kentucky 79
8 Eastern Illinois 52 1 UT Martin 78
2 Belmont 66
2 Belmont 65
6 Jacksonville State 50
3 Tennessee Tech 56
6 Jacksonville State 71 6 Jacksonville State 57
7 SIU Edwardsville 59

See also[]

2014 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  3. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b "2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ "OVCSports.com - 2014 OVC Women's Basketball Championship Field is Set". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

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