2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2018–19 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Murray State (17th title) |
Winning coach | Matt McMahon (2nd title) |
MVP | Ja Morant (Murray State) |
Top scorer | Ja Morant (Murray State) (55 points) |
Television | ESPN+/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIU Edwardsville | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 OVC tournament winner |
The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2018–19 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6 through March 9, 2019 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
The final featured the regular-season co-champions in Belmont and Murray State, with Murray State winning 77–65 and thus earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Belmont | 16–2 | 1–0 vs. Murray State |
2 | Murray State | 16–2 | 0–1 vs. Belmont |
3 | Jacksonville State | 15–3 | |
4 | Austin Peay | 13–5 | |
5 | Morehead State | 8–10 | |
6 | Eastern Illinois | 7–11 | |
7 | UT Martin | 6–12 | Combined 3–2 vs. SIU Edwardsville, EKU, & TSU |
8 | SIU Edwardsville | 6–12 | Combined 2–2 vs. UT Martin, EKU, & TSU, 1–0 vs. EKU |
Schedule
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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First round – Wednesday, March 6 | ||||
1 | 6:30 pm | No. 5 Morehead State vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville | 72–68 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
2 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs No. 7 UT Martin | 71–78 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 | ||||
3 | 6:30 pm | No. 4 Austin Peay vs No. 5 Morehead State | 95–81 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Jacksonville State vs No. 7 UT Martin | 88–81 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
Semifinals – Friday, March 8 | ||||
5 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs No. 4 Austin Peay | 83–67 | ESPNU |
6 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Murray State vs No. 3 Jacksonville State | 76–74 | ESPNU |
Championship – Saturday, March 9 | ||||
7 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs No. 2 Murray State | 65–77 | ESPN2 |
All game times in Central Time Zone.[1] |
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 6 ESPN+/ESPN3 | Second round Thursday, March 7 ESPN+/ESPN3 | Semifinals Friday, March 8 ESPNU | Championship Saturday, March 9 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Belmont | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Austin Peay | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Austin Peay | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Morehead State | 72 | 5 | Morehead State | 81 | ||||||||||||||
8 | SIU Edwardsville | 68 | 1 | Belmont | 65 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jacksonville State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jacksonville State | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Eastern Illinois | 71 | 7 | UT Martin | 81 | ||||||||||||||
7 | UT Martin | 78 |
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