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 | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions | Southern Indiana (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Stein (1st title) |
| MVP | Meredith Raley (Southern Indiana) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
| First Round Wednesday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7 | Semifinals Friday, March 8 | Championship Saturday, March 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern Indiana | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 60 | 4 | Eastern Illinois | 54 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Morehead State | 50 | 8 | Tennessee State | 48 | 1 | Southern Indiana | 83 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Tennessee State | 58 | 3 | UT Martin | 51 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Little Rock | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UT Martin | 79 | 3 | UT Martin | 54 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Tennessee Tech | 78 | 6 | Tennessee Tech | 71 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Western Illinois | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Men's and Women's Basketball Tiebreaker". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "2024 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". admin.ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.