2026 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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. The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordTiebreaker1Western Illinois16–41–1 vs. Morehead State2Lindenwood16–40–1 vs. Morehead State3Southern Indiana14–64Morehead State13–75Little Rock11–96UT Martin9–117SIU Edwardsville8–123–1 vs. Southeast Missouri State/Tennessee Tech8Southeast Missouri State8–122–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville/Tennessee TechDNQTennessee Tech8–120–3 vs. SIU Edwardsville/Southeast Missouri StateDNQTennessee State4–16DNQEastern Illinois3–17

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First Round – Wednesday, March 4112:30 p.m.No. 5 Little Rock vs. No. 8 Southeast Missouri State65–68 728 ESPN+23:15 p.m.No. 6 UT Martin vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville49–63 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5312:30 p.m.No. 4 Morehead State vs. No. 8 Southeast Missouri State55–60 1,202 ESPN+43:00 p.m.No. 3 Southern Indiana vs. No. 7 SIU Edwardsville72–44 Semifinals – Friday, March 651:00 p.m.No. 1 Western Illinois vs. No. 8 Southeast Missouri State74–66 1,266 ESPN+63:30 p.m.No. 2 Lindenwood vs. No. 3 Southern Indiana82–79 Final – Saturday, March 773:00 p.m.No. 1 Western Illinois vs. No. 2 Lindenwood71–65922ESPN+All game times in Central Time Zone; ranking denotes tournament seed.

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