2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites
Semifinals site	Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee
Finals site	Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Murray State Racers (13th title)
Winning coach	Mick Cronin (2nd title)
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2005  2007»

The 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between February 28 – March 3, 2006. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Murray State won the tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Murray State drew a 14 seed, facing the 3 seed University of North Carolina.

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals February 28					Semifinals March 2					Finals March 3
	1	Murray State	65
	8	UT-Martin	52
						1	Murray State	69
						4	Jacksonville State	60
	4	Jacksonville State	86
	5	Eastern Kentucky	59
											1	Murray State	74
											2	Samford	57
	3	Tennessee Tech	78
	6	Austin Peay	74
						3	Tennessee Tech	66
						2	Samford	73
	2	Samford	78
	7	Tennessee State	67

Sources

• First Round Scores
• Second Round Scores
• Murray State Wins OVC Tourney, Advances to NCAA Tournament
• Murray State Draws UNC

References