2014 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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

2014 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
TelevisionESPN3
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2013–14 OVC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
West
UT Martin 15 1   .938 24 8   .750
SIU Edwardsville 7 9   .438 11 19   .367
Eastern Illinois 7 9   .438 12 16   .429
Southeast Missouri State 6 10   .375 10 19   .345
Austin Peay 6 10   .375 9 20   .310
Murray State 4 12   .250 11 17   .393
East
Belmont 10 6   .625 14 18   .438
Tennessee Tech 9 7   .563 12 18   .400
Tennessee State 9 7   .563 12 18   .400
Eastern Kentucky 9 7   .563 17 13   .567
Jacksonville State 8 8   .500 14 18   .438
Morehead State 6 10   .375 12 17   .414
2014 OVC tournament winner
As of March 22, 2014
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Format edit

The tournament was 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 edit

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

Bracket edit

[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 edit

2014 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 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 October 18, 2012.
  5. ^ "OVCSports.com - 2014 OVC Women's Basketball Championship Field is Set". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

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