2026 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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2026 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202526
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsWestern Illinois (1st title)
Winning coachJD Gravina (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+
 2025
2027 
2025–26 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Western Illinois164 .800266  .813
Lindenwood164 .800258  .758
Southern Indiana146 .7002110  .677
Morehead State137 .6501815  .545
Little Rock119 .5501515  .500
UT Martin911 .4501317  .433
SIU Edwardsville812 .4001616  .500
Southeast Missouri State812 .4001418  .438
Tennessee Tech812 .4001514  .517
Tennessee State416 .200524  .172
Eastern Illinois317 .150427  .129
2026 OVC tournament winner

The 2026 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 4–7, 2026, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

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.[2][3]

Seed School Conference
Record
Tiebreaker
1 Western Illinois 16–4 1–1 vs. Morehead State
2 Lindenwood 16–4 0–1 vs. Morehead State
3 Southern Indiana 14–6
4 Morehead State 13–7
5 Little Rock 11–9
6 UT Martin 9–11
7 SIU Edwardsville 8–12 3–1 vs. Southeast Missouri State/Tennessee Tech
8 Southeast Missouri State 8–12 2–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville/Tennessee Tech
DNQ Tennessee Tech 8–12 0–3 vs. SIU Edwardsville/Southeast Missouri State
DNQ Tennessee State 4–16
DNQ Eastern Illinois 3–17

Schedule

Bracket

References

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