2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
|Year = 2022
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|Champions = Belmont
|TitleCount = 6th
|Coach = Bart Brooks
|CoachCount = 4th
|MVP = Destinee Wells
|MVPTeam = Belmont
|Conference = Ohio Valley Conference
|City = Evansville, Indiana
|Arena = Ford Center
|Teams = 8
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|Gender = Women's
|Television = ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
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{{2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2–5, 2022, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Seeds
Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers used were 1) Head-to-head results and 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down.{{Cite web|title=2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker|url=http://ovcsports.com/news/2021/1/6/mens-basketball-2020-21-ovc-basketball-tiebreaker.aspx|website=Ohio Valley Conference|date=January 6, 2021|accessdate=February 27, 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conf. !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align="left" |Belmont |16–2 | align="left" | |
| 2
| align="left" |Tennessee Tech |14–4 | align="left" | |
| 3
| align="left" |Murray State |13–5 | align="left" | |
| 4
| align="left" |Austin Peay |11–7 | align="left" |1–1 vs. Belmont |
| 5
| align="left" |Eastern Illinois |11–7 | align="left" |0–2 vs. Belmont |
| 6
| align="left" |UT Martin |9–9 | align="left" | |
| 7
| align="left" |SIU Edwardsville |8–10 | align="left" | |
| 8
| align="left" |Tennessee State |6–12 | align="left" | |
Schedule
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!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan="5" |First round – Wednesday, March 2 |
|---|
| 1
|1:00 pm |No. 5 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 8 Tennessee State |61–72 | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 2
|3:30 pm |No. 6 UT Martin vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville |84–86 |
| colspan="5" |Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 |
| 3
|1:00 pm |No. 4 Austin Peay vs. No. 8 Tennessee State |67–53 | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 4
|3:30 pm |No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville |84–76 |
| colspan="5" |Semifinals – Friday, March 4 |
| 5
|1:00 pm |No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Austin Peay |64–51 | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 6
|3:30 pm |No. 2 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 3 Murray State |68–62 |
| colspan="5" |Championship – Saturday, March 5 |
| 7
|2:00 pm |No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech |51-29 |
| colspan="5" |All game times in Central Time.{{Cite web|title=2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference|url=http://ovcsports.com/feature/evansville2022|access-date=2022-02-15|website=ovcsports.com|language=en}} |
Bracket
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 2
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 4
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 5
| score-width=50px
| RD1-seed07=5
| RD1-team07=Eastern Illinois
| RD1-score07=61
| RD1-seed08=8
| RD1-team08=Tennessee St.
| RD1-score08=72
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=UT Martin
| RD1-score15=84
| RD1-seed16=7
| RD1-team16=SIU Edwardsville
| RD1-score16=86
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Austin Peay
| RD2-score03=67
| RD2-seed04=8
| RD2-team04=Tennessee St.
| RD2-score04=53
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Murray State
| RD2-score07=84
| RD2-seed08=7
| RD2-team08=SIU Edwardsville
| RD2-score08=76
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Belmont
| RD3-score01=64
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Austin Peay
| RD3-score02=51
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=Tennessee Tech
| RD3-score03=68
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Murray State
| RD3-score04=62
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Belmont
| RD4-score01=51
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Tennessee Tech
| RD4-score02=29
}}
References
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{{Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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