2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2018–19 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Belmont (4 title) |
Winning coach | Bart Brooks (2 title) |
MVP | Jenny Roy (Belmont) |
Top scorer | Emanye Robertson (UT Martin) (58 points) |
Television | ESPN+ |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIU Edwardsville | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament ended the 2018–19 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held March 6–March 9 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] Belmont won the championship, defeating UT Martin 59–53.[2] Belmont's Jenny Roy was named tournament MVP.[3]
Format
[edit]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).[4][5]
Seeds
[edit]Seed | School | Conference | Overall |
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1 | Belmont | 16–2 | 25–6 |
2 | Morehead State | 13–5 | 23–10 |
3 | UT Martin | 13–5 | 22–8 |
4 | Tennessee Tech | 12–6 | 21–9 |
5 | Austin Peay | 10–8 | 15–15 |
6 | Murray State | 9–9 | 13–17 |
7 | Jacksonville State | 9–9 | 14–16 |
8 | Southeast Missouri | 5–9 | 9–16 |
– | SIU Edwardsville | 8–10 | 13–17 |
– | Eastern Illinois | 5–13 | 11–18 |
– | Tennessee State | 5–13 | 5–25 |
– | Eastern Kentucky | 0–18 | 2–27 |
Bracket
[edit]- All times central.
First round Wednesday, March 6 & Thursday, March 7 ESPN+ 1PM 1PM 3PM 3PM | Semifinals Friday, March 8 ESPN+ 1PM 3PM | Championship Saturday, March 9 ESPN+ 2PM | ||||||||||||
1 | Belmont | 74 | ||||||||||||
8 | Southeast Missouri | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | Belmont | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | Tennessee Tech | 48 | ||||||||||||
4 | Tennessee Tech | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Austin Peay | 57 | ||||||||||||
1 | Belmont | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | UT Martin | 53 | ||||||||||||
2 | Morehead State | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Jacksonville State | 60 | ||||||||||||
2 | Morehead State | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | UT Martin | 68 | ||||||||||||
3 | UT Martin | 77 | ||||||||||||
6 | Murray State | 56 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 OVC Basketball Championships - Evansville, Indiana - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "UT Martin vs. Belmont - Box Score - March 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Belmont women top UT Martin 59-53, 4th straight NCAA berth". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "OVC changing to women's basketball scheduling". The Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Kirshner, Alex (March 2, 2016). "The OVC Tournament is hard to peg". SBNation.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.