2025 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2025
| Conference=Ohio Valley Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Women's
| Teams=8
| Arena=Ford Center
| City= Evansville, Indiana
| Champions= Tennessee Tech
| TitleCount= 11th
| Coach= Kim Rosamond
| CoachCount= 2nd
| MVP = Keeley Carter
| MVPTeam = Tennessee Tech
| Attendance=
| Television= ESPN+
}}
{{2024–25 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be the final event of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament will be held March 5–8, 2025 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
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.{{cite web|url=https://ovcsports.com/news/2021/1/6/mens-basketball-2020-21-ovc-basketball-tiebreaker.aspx|title=2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker|work=Ohio Valley Conference|first=|last=|date=|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}
If Lindenwood, which is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament, wins the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, then the conference's automatic bid goes to the tournament runner-up. If that team is also not eligible, i.e. two ineligible teams met in the tournament final, the automatic bid goes to the highest seeded tournament-eligible semifinal loser.{{cite web|url=https://ovcsports.com/news/2024/2/22/mens-basketball-postseason-possibilities-and-opportunities.aspx|title=Postseason Possibilities and Opportunities|work=Ohio Valley Conference|first=|last=|date=|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%; text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align="left" | Tennessee Tech |18–2 | |
| 2
| align="left" | Lindenwood |16–4 | |
| 3
| align="left" | Eastern Illinois |15–5 | |
| 4
| align="left" | Little Rock |12–8 |2–0 vs. Southern Indiana |
| 5
| align="left" | Southern Indiana |12–8 |0–2 vs. Little Rock |
| 6
| align="left" | UT Martin |10–10 | |
| 7
| align="left" | Western Illinois |8–12 | |
| 8
| align="left" | Tennessee State |6–14 | |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" | Morehead State |5–15 | |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" | Southeast Missouri State |4–16 |2–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" | SIU Edwardsville |4–16 |0–2 vs. Southeast Missouri State |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan="5" | First Round – Wednesday, March 5 |
|---|
| 1
|12:30 pm |No. 5 Southern Indiana vs. No. 8 Tennessee State |90–66 | rowspan="2" | ESPN+ |
| 2
|3:00 pm |No. 6 UT Martin vs. No. 7 Western Illinois |72–78 |
| colspan="5" | Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 6 |
| 3
|12:30 pm |No. 4 Little Rock vs. No. 5 Southern Indiana |52–73 | rowspan="2" | ESPN+ |
| 4
|3:00 pm |No. 3 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 7 Western Illinois |75–78 |
| colspan="5" | Semifinals – Friday, March 7 |
| 5
|1:00 pm |No. 1 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 5 Southern Indiana |88–78 | rowspan="2" | ESPN+ |
| 6
|3:30 pm |No. 2 Lindenwood vs. No. 7 Western Illinois |86–75 |
| colspan="5" | Championship – Saturday, March 8 |
| 7
|3:00 pm |No. 1 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 2 Lindenwood |82–76OT |ESPN+ |
| colspan="5" |All game times in CST.{{cite web|url=https://ovcsports.com/feature/evansville2025|title=2025 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship|work=Ohio Valley Conference|first=|last=|date=|accessdate=January 5, 2025}} |
Bracket
{{8TeamBracket-Stepladder
|RD1=First Round
Wednesday, March 5
|RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
|RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 7
|RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 8
| boldwinner=high
|RD1-seed01=5
|RD1-team01=Southern Indiana
|RD1-score01=90
|RD1-seed02=8
|RD1-team02=Tennessee State
|RD1-score02=66
|RD1-seed03=6
|RD1-team03=UT Martin
|RD1-score03=72
|RD1-seed04=7
|RD1-team04=Western Illinois
|RD1-score04=78
|RD2-seed01=4
|RD2-team01=Little Rock
|RD2-score01=52
|RD2-seed02=5
|RD2-team02=Southern Indiana
|RD2-score02=73
|RD2-seed03=3
|RD2-team03=Eastern Illinois
|RD2-score03=75
|RD2-seed04=7
|RD2-team04=Western Illinois
|RD2-score04=78
|RD3-seed01=1
|RD3-team01=Tennessee Tech
|RD3-score01=88
|RD3-seed02=5
|RD3-team02=Southern Indiana
|RD3-score02=78
|RD3-seed03=2
|RD3-team03=Lindenwood
|RD3-score03=86
|RD3-seed04=7
|RD3-team04=Western Illinois
|RD3-score04=75
|RD4-seed01=1
|RD4-team01=Tennessee Tech
|RD4-score01=82*
|RD4-seed02=2
|RD4-team02=Lindenwood
|RD4-score02=76
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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