2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsBelmont (1st title)
Winning coachCameron Newbauer (1st title)
MVPSally McCabe (Belmont)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3
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2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UT Martin 14 – 2   .875 22 – 9   .710
Belmont † 13 – 3   .813 24 – 9   .727
SIU Edwardsville 12 – 4   .750 18 – 12   .600
Eastern Kentucky 10 – 6   .625 18 – 12   .600
Southeast Missouri State 8 – 8   .500 15 – 16   .484
Austin Peay 8 – 8   .500 10 – 20   .333
Murray State 7 – 9   .438 12 – 17   .414
Tennessee State 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400
Tennessee Tech 6 – 10   .375 10 – 19   .345
Jacksonville State 5 – 11   .313 10 – 18   .357
Morehead State 4 – 12   .250 10 – 20   .333
Eastern Illinois 2 – 14   .125 3 – 25   .107
† 2016 OVC tournament winner
As of March 21, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament was won by Belmont, who defeated Eastern Kentucky in the championship game.[1]

Format

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The OVC tournament is an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two team receiving byes through to the semifinals.

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Tennessee–Martin 14–2 21–8
2 Belmont 13–3 21–8
3 SIU Edwardsville 12–4 17–12
4 Eastern Kentucky 10–6 16–11
5 Austin Peay 8–8 10–19 1–1 vs. Peay
6 Southeast Missouri State 8–8 15–14 1–1 vs. SEMO
7 Tennessee State 7–9 12–17 1–0 vs. Murray
8 Murray State 7–9 11–16 0–1 vs. TSU

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 2 & Thursday, March 3
OVCDN/ESPN3 		Semifinals
Friday, March 4
OVDN/ESPN3 		Championship
Saturday, March 5
OVDN/ESPN3
         
1 Tennessee–Martin 76
8 Murray State 78
8 Murray State 52
4 Eastern Kentucky 63
4 Eastern Kentucky 82
5 Austin Peay 68
4 Eastern Kentucky 63
2 Belmont 95
2 Belmont 68
7 Tennessee State 60
2 Belmont 92
3 SIU Edwardsville 68
3 SIU Edwardsville 80OT
6 Southeast Missouri State 76

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Allison, Autumn (March 5, 2016). "Belmont women crush EKU to win OVC, earn NCAA bid". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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