2013 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
2012 tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Tennessee–Martin[1] (3 title)
Winning coach	Kevin McMillan[1] (3 title)
MVP	Jasmine Newsome[1] (Tennessee–Martin)
Attendance	3,764[2]
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Tennessee Tech	12	–	4		.750			19	–	12		.613
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	5		.688			18	–	12		.600
Belmont	12	–	5		.706			28	–	24		.538
Tennessee State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	15		.483
Morehead State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Jacksonville State	1	–	15		.063			1	–	27		.036
West
Eastern Illinois	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
UT Martin †	11	–	5		.688			19	–	15		.559
SIU Edwardsville	9	–	7		.563			16	–	15		.516
Murray State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Southeast Missouri State	1	–	11		.083			11	–	18		.379
Austin Peay	2	–	14		.125			7	–	21		.250
† 2013 OVC tournament winner As of March 23, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6 - March 9 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.^[3] The University of Tennessee at Martin received the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

Format

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

The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earns a berth into the OVC Tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earn a bid, regardless of division. The 1st seed goes to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically goes to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams are seeded 3-8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds

Seed[2]	School	Conf (Overall)[4]	Tiebreaker
#1	Eastern Illinois	12–4	OVC West Champion, 1-0 vs TTU
#2	Tennessee Tech	12–4	OVC East Champion, 0-1 vs EIU
#3	Belmont	11-5	2-1 vs EKU & UTM
#4	Tennessee–Martin	11–5	1-1 vs Belmont & EKU
#5	Eastern Kentucky	11-5	1–2 vs Belmont & UTM
#6	SIU Edwardsville	9-7	1-0 vs TSU
#7	Tennessee State	9-7	0-1 vs SIUE
#8	Murray State	8-8

Bracket

^[2]

	First round Wednesday, March 6					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7					Semifinals Friday, March 8					Championship game Saturday, March 9 ESPN2
	5	Eastern Kentucky	62
	8	Murray State	61			5	Eastern Kentucky	63
						4	Tennessee–Martin	78
											4	Tennessee–Martin	71
											1	Eastern Illinois	69
																4	Tennessee–Martin	87
	6	SIU Edwardsville	73													2	Tennessee Tech	80
	7	Tennessee State	61			6	SIU Edwardsville	45
						3	Belmont	62
											3	Belmont	57
											2	Tennessee Tech	61

See also

2013 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "UT Martin Wins Third Straight OVC Women's Basketball Tournament Title".
2. "2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". sidearmsports. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
3. "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
4. "Women's Basketball".

External links

• 2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship