1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1988–89 |
Teams | 7 |
First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
Finals site | Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee |
Champions | Middle Tennessee (5th title) |
Winning coach | Bruce Stewart |
MVP | Keith Rawls (Austin Peay) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1989 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1988–89 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 7–9, 1989, on campus sites and at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee defeated Austin Peay in the championship game, 82–79, to win their fifth OVC men's basketball tournament.
The Blue Raiders received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Southeast region.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 7 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 8 | Championship Thursday, March 9 | ||||||||||||
1 | Middle Tennessee | 81 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Kentucky | 64 | ||||||||||||
4 | Morehead State | 50 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Kentucky | 63 | ||||||||||||
1 | Middle Tennessee | 82 | ||||||||||||
3 | Austin Peay | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | Austin Peay | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tennessee Tech | 84 | ||||||||||||
3 | Austin Peay | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 90 | ||||||||||||
7 | Tennessee State | 71 |
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