2021 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2021 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Belmont (5th title)
Winning coach	Bart Brooks (3rd title)
MVP	Destinee Wells (Belmont)
Television	ESPN+
Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UT Martin	17	–	2		.895			22	–	6		.786
Belmont †	14	–	3		.824			21	–	6		.778
Southeast Missouri State	13	–	7		.650			15	–	11		.577
Jacksonville State	12	–	7		.632			15	–	9		.625
Tennessee Tech	12	–	8		.600			15	–	10		.600
Murray State	12	–	8		.600			16	–	11		.593
Austin Peay	10	–	8		.556			12	–	11		.522
Eastern Illinois	9	–	11		.450			11	–	15		.423
Eastern Kentucky	8	–	12		.400			9	–	15		.375
Morehead State	6	–	13		.316			7	–	16		.304
SIU Edwardsville	3	–	17		.150			6	–	19		.240
Tennessee State	0	–	20		.000			0	–	22		.000
† 2021 OVC tournament winner As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament ended the 2020–21 season of Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball. The tournament was held March 3–6, 2021, at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Belmont Bruins won the title, their fifth in the OVC, and will receive a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	UT Martin	17–4	19–4
2	Belmont	14–3	18–5
3	Southeast Missouri State	13–7	15–10
4	Jacksonville State	12–7	15–8
5	Tennessee Tech	12–8	14–9	1–1 vs. Murray State 1–0 vs. UT Martin
6	Murray State	12–8	15–10	1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech 0–2 vs. UT Martin
7	Austin Peay	10–8	12–11
8	Eastern Illinois	9–11	11–15

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 3
1	1:00 PM	No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 8 Eastern Illinois	65–56	ESPN+
2	3:30 PM	No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 7 Austin Peay	54–50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 4
3	1:00 PM	No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Tennessee Tech	64–79	ESPN+
4	3:30 PM	No. 3 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 6 Murray State	64–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
5	1:00 PM	No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 5 Tennessee Tech	69–56	ESPN+
6	3:30 PM	No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 6 Murray State	67–49
Final – Saturday, March 6
7	2:00 PM	No. 1 UT Martin vs. No. 2 Belmont	75–83	ESPN+
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

• All times central.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 3 Thursday, March 4 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 5 ESPN+					Championship Saturday, March 6 ESPN+
	1	UT Martin	65
	8	Eastern Illinois	56
						1	UT Martin	69
						5	Tennessee Tech	56
	4	Jacksonville State	64
	5	Tennessee Tech	79
											1	UT Martin	75
											2	Belmont	83
	3	Southeast Missouri State	64
	6	Murray State	67
						6	Murray State	49
						2	Belmont	67
	2	Belmont	54
	7	Austin Peay	50