2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament


The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6–9, 2024 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. Southern Indiana, a team ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to being in the second year of a four-year transition from NCAA Division II, won the OVC tournament. The conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament instead went to Southern Indiana's defeated opponent in the OVC final, UT Martin.

2024 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsSouthern Indiana (1st title)
Winning coachRick Stein (1st title)
MVPMeredith Raley (Southern Indiana)
TelevisionESPN+
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2023–24 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern Indiana* † 17 1   .944 25 7   .781
Little Rock 11 7   .611 12 18   .400
UT Martin 11 7   .611 16 17   .485
Eastern Illinois 11 7   .611 15 18   .455
Morehead State 10 8   .556 15 15   .500
Tennessee Tech 10 8   .556 16 15   .516
Western Illinois 9 9   .500 18 12   .600
Tennessee State 7 11   .389 11 19   .367
Southeast Missouri State 6 12   .333 9 20   .310
Lindenwood* 5 13   .278 7 21   .250
SIU Edwardsville 2 16   .111 5 26   .161
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2024 OVC tournament winner

Seeds

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Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]

If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the tournament runner-up. If that team is also not eligible, i.e. two ineligible teams met in the tournament final, the automatic bid goes to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team.

As Southern Indiana was ineligible for the tournament due to its transition, UT Martin will represent the conference.[citation needed]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Southern Indiana 17–1
2 Little Rock 11–7 3–1 vs. UT Martin/Eastern Illinois
3 UT Martin 11–7 2–2 vs. Little Rock/Eastern Illinois
4 Eastern Illinois 11-7 1–3 vs. Little Rock/UT Martin
5 Morehead State 10–8 1–0 vs. Little Rock
6 Tennessee Tech 10–8 0–2 vs. Little Rock
7 Western Illinois 9–9
8 Tennessee State 7–11
DNQ Southeast Missouri State 6–12
DNQ Lindenwood 5–13
DNQ SIU Edwardsville 2–16

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1 1:00 pm No. 5 Morehead State vs. No. 8 Tennessee State 50–58 ESPN+
2 3:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 7 Western Illinois 78–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
3 1:00 pm No. 4 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 8 Tennessee State 60–48 ESPN+
4 3:30 pm No. 3 UT Martin vs. No. 6 Tennessee Tech 79–71
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
5 1:00 pm No. 1 Southern Indiana vs. No. 4 Eastern Illinois 69–54 ESPN+
6 3:30 pm No. 2 Little Rock vs. No. 3 UT Martin 48–54
Championship – Saturday, March 9
7 2:00 pm No. 1 Southern Indiana vs. No. 3 UT Martin 83–51 ESPN+
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket

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First Round
Wednesday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
1Southern Indiana69
4Eastern Illinois604Eastern Illinois54
5Morehead State508Tennessee State481Southern Indiana83
8Tennessee State583UT Martin51
2Little Rock48
3UT Martin793UT Martin54Third place
6Tennessee Tech786Tennessee Tech71
7Western Illinois69

References

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  1. ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Tiebreaker". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  2. ^ "2024 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". admin.ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.