2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Tennessee Tech (10th title)
Winning coach	Kim Rosamond (1st title)
Television	ESPN+
Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

The 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held from March 1 through March 4, 2023, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

2022–23 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Little Rock	17	–	1		.944			21	–	10		.677
Eastern Illinois	14	–	4		.778			21	–	8		.724
Tennessee Tech†	13	–	5		.722			22	–	9		.710
Southeast Missouri State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
UT Martin	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Tennessee State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
SIU Edwardsville	7	–	11		.389			9	–	22		.290
Morehead State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Southern Indiana*	6	–	12		.333			12	–	17		.414
Lindenwood*	1	–	17		.056			2	–	24		.077
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2023 OVC tournament winner As of March 5, 2023

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Little Rock	17-1
2	Eastern Illinois	14-4
3	Tennessee Tech	13-5
4	Southeast Missouri State	10–8
5	UT Martin	9-9
6	SIU Edwardsville	7-11	1-1 vs. Tennessee State	1-1 vs. Eastern Illinois
7	Tennessee State	7–11	1-1 vs. SIUE	0-2 vs. Eastern Illinois
8	Morehead State	6-12	1-1 vs. Southern Indiana	1-1 vs. Tennessee Tech
DNQ	Southern Indiana	6-12	1-1 vs. Morehead State	0-2 vs. Tennessee Tech
DNQ	Lindenwood	1-17

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 1
1	1:00 pm	No. 5 UT Martin vs. No. 8 Morehead State	68–70	ESPN+
2	3:30 pm	No. 6 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 7 Tennessee State	71–64
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3	1:00 pm	No. 4 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 8 Morehead State	77–38	ESPN+
4	3:30 pm	No. 3 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 6 SIU Edwardsville	76–62
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
5	1:00 pm	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State	49–35	ESPN+
6	3:30 pm	No. 2 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 3 Tennessee Tech	61–66
Championship – Saturday, March 4
7	2:00 pm	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 3 Tennessee Tech	46–54	ESPN+
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2					Semifinals Friday, March 3					Championship Saturday, March 4
											1	Little Rock	49
						4	Southeast Missouri State	77			4	Southeast Missouri State	35
	5	UT Martin	68			8	Morehead State	38								1	Little Rock	46
	8	Morehead State	70													3	Tennessee Tech	54
											2	Eastern Illinois	61
						3	Tennessee Tech	76			3	Tennessee Tech	66			Third place
	6	SIU Edwardsville	71			6	SIU Edwardsville	62
	7	Tennessee State	64

References

1. "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
2. "2023 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.