2017 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 1–4 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

2017 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsBelmont (2nd title)
Winning coachCameron Newbauer (2nd title)
MVPKylee Smith (Belmont)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3
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2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 16 0   1.000 27 5   .844
Morehead State 11 5   .688 21 9   .700
SIU Edwardsville 9 7   .563 14 18   .438
Austin Peay 8 8   .500 14 16   .467
UT Martin 8 8   .500 12 20   .375
Murray State 7 9   .438 15 14   .517
Southeast Missouri State 7 9   .438 13 17   .433
Eastern Kentucky 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
Tennessee Tech 7 9   .438 10 20   .333
Jacksonville State 6 10   .375 13 15   .464
Tennessee State 5 11   .313 10 16   .385
Eastern Illinois 5 11   .313 9 19   .321
2017 OVC tournament winner
As of March 4, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Format

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The OVC women's tournament is a traditional single-elimination eight-team tournament, seeded with the #8 seed facing the #1 seed in the first round, #7 facing #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).

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 16–0 24–5
2 Morehead State 11–5 21–8
3 SIU-Edwardsville 9–7 13–16
4 Tenn-Martin 8–8 11–18 1–1 vs. Austin Peay, 1–0 vs. Tenn Tech
5 Austin Peay 8–8 14–15 1–1 vs. Tenn-Martin, 0–1 vs. Tenn Tech
6 Tennessee Tech 7–9 10–19 3–1 EKU, SEMO & Murray State
7 Eastern Kentucky 7–9 10–19 2–2 vs. Tenn Tech, SEMO, & Murray State, 1–0 vs. SEMO
8 Southeast Missouri State 7–9 13–16 2–2 vs. Tenn Tech, EKU, & Murray State, 0–1 vs. EKU

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 1 & Thursday, March 2
OVCDN/ESPN3
Semifinals
Friday, March 3
OVDN/ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 4
OVDN/ESPN3
         
1 Belmont 74
8 Southeast Missouri State 59
1 Belmont 83
4 Tenn Martin 62
4 Tenn Martin 59
5 Austin Peay 43
1 Belmont 94
7 Eastern Kentucky 64
2 Morehead State 67
7 Eastern Kentucky 73
3 SIU Edwardsville 58
7 Eastern Kentucky 61
3 SIU Edwardsville 77
6 Tennessee Tech 69

See also

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References

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