2021 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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2021 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsBelmont (5th title)
Winning coachBart Brooks (3rd title)
MVPDestinee Wells (Belmont)
TelevisionESPN+
← 2020
 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
17 – 4   .810 20 – 4   .833
† 14 – 3   .824 19 – 5   .792
13 – 7   .650 15 – 10   .600
12 – 7   .632 15 – 8   .652
12 – 8   .600 14 – 9   .609
12 – 8   .600 15 – 10   .600
10 – 8   .556 12 – 12   .500
9 – 11   .450 11 – 16   .407
8 – 12   .400 9 – 15   .375
6 – 13   .316 7 – 16   .304
3 – 17   .150 6 – 19   .240
0 – 20   .000 0 – 22   .000
† 2021 OVC Tournament winner
As of March 3, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament ended the 2020–21 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held March 3–6, 2021, at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] The Belmont Bruins won the title, their fifth in the OVC, and will receive a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds[]

Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 UT Martin 17–4 19–4
2 Belmont 14–3 18–5
3 Southeast Missouri State 13–7 15–10
4 Jacksonville State 12–7 15–8
5 Tennessee Tech 12–8 14–9 1–1 vs. Murray State
1–0 vs. UT Martin
6 Murray State 12–8 15–10 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech
0–2 vs. UT Martin
7 Austin Peay 10–8 12–11
8 Eastern Illinois 9–11 11–15

Schedule and results[]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 3
1 1:00 PM No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 8 Eastern Illinois 65–56 ESPN+
2 3:30 PM No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 7 Austin Peay 54–50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 4
3 1:00 PM No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Tennessee Tech 64–79 ESPN+
4 3:30 PM No. 3 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 6 Murray State 64–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
5 1:00 PM No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 5 Tennessee Tech 69–56 ESPN+
6 3:30 PM No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 6 Murray State 67–49
Final – Saturday, March 6
7 2:00 PM No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 2 Belmont 75–83 ESPN+
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket[]

  • All times central.
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 3
Thursday, March 4
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Friday, March 5
ESPN+ 		Championship
Saturday, March 6
ESPN+
         
1 UT Martin 65
8 Eastern Illinois 56
1 UT Martin 69
5 Tennessee Tech 56
4 Jacksonville State 64
5 Tennessee Tech 79
1 UT Martin 75
2 Belmont 83
3 Southeast Missouri State 64
6 Murray State 67
6 Murray State 49
2 Belmont 67
2 Belmont 54
7 Austin Peay 50

References[]

  1. ^ "The 2021 OVC Women's Basketball Championship Presented by Kentucky Wild Field is Set". OVC Athletics. February 27, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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