Question: The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are members of which collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States?
Context: The 1972 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1972 season, between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.  Louisiana Tech quarterback Denny Duron was named outstanding offensive player, while his teammate linebacker Joe McNeely was named outstanding defensive player. The 2011 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season.  The Golden Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium.  They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).  Tennessee Tech finished the season 7–4 overall and 6–2 in OVC play to share the conference championship with Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State.  They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Central Arkansas. The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Tennessee Technological University located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.  The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference.  The school's first football team was fielded in 1922.  The team plays its home games at the 16,500 seat Tucker Stadium.  They are coached by Marcus Satterfield, who took over in 2016 following the retirement of Watson Brown. The Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.  The school's team currently competes in the Big East after moving from Conference USA following the 2004–05 season.  The Golden Eagles first competed in the North Star Conference from 1986–87 until it joined the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) for the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons.  The Golden Eagles changed conferences again, joining the Great Midwest Conference, where it competed for four season until joining Conference USA beginning with the 1995–96 season.  The women’s basketball team began competing in 1975–1976 under coach Tat Shiely, earning a 12–4 record in its first year.  The Golden Eagles are currently coached by Carolyn Kieger in her second year. The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Tennessee Technological University (TTU), located in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States.  The TTU athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and competes in the NCAA Division I, including the Football Championship Subdivision .  The Tech mascot is Awesome Eagle, and the school colors are purple and gold. The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States.  It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition.  The OVC has 12 members, 9 of which compete in football in the conference. The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States.  The school's team currently competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. Howell Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex is a baseball venue in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States.  It is home to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference.  It has a capacity of 1,100 spectators.  It is named for former Tennessee Tech baseball and basketball player Howell Bush, whose 1997 donation allowed stadium lighting to be added to the facility.  In the same year, the stadium was dedicated to him.  Other features of the venue include dugouts, a batter's eye, a natural grass surface, and a locker room. The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States.  The school's team currently competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. Steve Payne (born February 12, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and the current men's gramcoach at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee.  The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and compete in the NCAA's Division I.  Payne was appointed the head coach at Tennessee Tech on March 23, 2011, following the retirement of Mike Sutton.  Payne had been an assistant to Sutton since the 2002-2003 season.
Answer: Ohio Valley Conference