2018 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held February 28–March 3 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] Regular-season champion Belmont won the tournament and with it the OVC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.[2]

2018 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsBelmont (3rd title)
Winning coachBart Brooks (1st title)
MVPDarby Maggard (Belmont)
TelevisionESPN+/ESPN3
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2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 Belmont180 1.000314 .886
UT Martin135 .7221915 .559
SIU Edwardsville135 .7221715 .531
Morehead State126 .6672111 .656
Jacksonville State126 .6671912 .613
Austin Peay99 .5001614 .533
Southeast Missouri State99 .5001417 .452
Murray State711 .3891119 .367
Eastern Kentucky513 .278819 .296
Tennessee Tech414 .222722 .241
Tennessee State414 .222621 .222
Eastern Illinois216 .111326 .103
2018 OVC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Format

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The OVC women's tournament is a traditional single-elimination tournament featuring the top eight teams in the conference regular-season standings. This differs from the format used in the OVC men's tournament; while that tournament also involves only eight of the league's 12 members, it has a radically different format, consisting of two stepladder brackets that produce the tournament finalists. The women's tournament is seeded so that the #8 seed faces the #1 seed in the first round, #7 faces #2, and so on. There is no reseeding, so if the #8 team were to defeat the #1 seed it would continue in the tournament playing the team which would have faced the #1 seed in the subsequent round (winner of #4 vs. #5).[3][4]

Seeds

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SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Belmont18–028–3
2UT Martin13–518–13
3SIUE13–516–13
4Jacksonville State12–618–11
5Morehead State12–621–10
6Austin Peay9–916–13
7Southeast Missouri9–914–16
8Murray State5–99–16
Eastern Kentucky5–98–15
Tennessee Tech3–116–19
Tennessee State3–115–18
Eastern Illinois1–132–23

Bracket

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  • All times central. Television[5]
First round
Wednesday, February 28 & Thursday, March 1
ESPN+/ESPN3
1PM
1PM
3PM
3PM
Semifinals
Friday, March 2
ESPN+/ESPN3
1PM
3PM
Championship
Saturday, March 3
ESPN+/ESPN3
2PM
         
1Belmont88
8Murray State64
1Belmont63
4Jacksonville State53
4Jacksonville State69
5Morehead State56
1Belmont63
2UT Martin56
2UT Martin63
7Southeast Missouri60
2UT Martin69
3SIUE67
3SIUE76
6Austin Peay43

References

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  1. ^ 2018 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships
  2. ^ "Belmont women's basketball wins OVC title in OT, makes third straight NCAA tournament". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "OVC changing to women's basketball scheduling". The Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Kirshner, Alex (March 2, 2016). "The OVC Tournament is hard to peg". SBNation.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 OVC Tournament Guide". indd.adobe.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.