2016 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Austin Peay (5th title)
Winning coach Dave Loos (4th title)
MVP Chris Horton (Austin Peay)
Television OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Belmont 12 – 4   .750     20 – 12   .625
Tennessee State 11 – 5   .688     20 – 11   .645
Tennessee Tech 11 – 5   .688     19 – 12   .613
Morehead State 11 – 5   .688     23 – 14   .622
Eastern Kentucky 6 – 10   .375     15 – 16   .484
Jacksonville State 4 – 12   .250     8 – 23   .258
West
Tennessee–Martin 10 – 6   .625     20 – 15   .571
Murray State 10 – 6   .625     17 – 14   .548
Eastern Illinois 9 – 7   .563     13 – 17   .433
Austin Peay † 7 – 9   .438     18 – 18   .500
SIU Edwardsville 3 – 13   .188     6 – 22   .214
Southeast Missouri St. 2 – 14   .125     5 – 24   .172
† 2016 OVC tournament winner

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will be held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Austin Peay, the #8 seed, won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament.[2] The #1 and #2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The #3 and #4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. The #1 and #2 seeds went to the division champions.

Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed[3] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 12–4
2 Tennessee–Martin 10–6 1–1 vs. Murray State, 2–0 vs. Austin Peay
3 Morehead State 11–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee State, 2–0 vs. Tennessee Tech
4 Tennessee State 11–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech, 1–1 vs. Morehead State
5 Tennessee Tech 11–5 0–2 vs. Morehead State, 1–1 vs. Tennessee State
6 Murray State 10–6 1–1 vs. Tennessee–Martin, 1–1 vs. Austin Peay
7 Eastern Illinois 9–7
8 Austin Peay 7–9

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Final score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1 6:00 pm #5 Tennessee Tech vs. #8 Austin Peay 72–92 OVC Digital Network
2 8:00 pm #6 Murray State vs. #7 Eastern Illinois 78–62 OVC Digital Network
Second Round – Thursday, March 3
3 6:00 pm #4 Tennessee State vs. #8 Austin Peay 72–74 OVC Digital Network
4 8:00 pm #3 Morehead State vs. #6 Murray State 75–66 OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5 6:30 pm #1 Belmont vs. #8 Austin Peay 96–97OT ESPNU
6 8:30 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #3 Morehead State 83–70 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7 7:00 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #8 Austin Peay 73–83 ESPN2
[4]
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 2
OVCDN		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
OVCDN		 Semifinals
Friday, March 4
ESPNU		 Championship
Saturday, March 5
ESPN2
      
               
               
           1  Belmont 96  
           8  Austin Peay 97OT  
         4  Tennessee State 72  
5  Tennessee Tech 72     8  Austin Peay 74  
8  Austin Peay 92       8  Austin Peay 83
           2  Tennessee–Martin 73
               
               
           2  Tennessee–Martin 83  
           3  Morehead State 70  
         3  Morehead State 75       
6  Murray State 78     6  Murray State 66       
7  Eastern Illinois 62  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2016 OVC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 OVC Basketball Championship All-Session Tickets on Sale for Just $60 Through January". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  3. ↑ "Field Set for 2016 OVC Men's Basketball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/documents/2016/3/5//2016%20OVC%20Men's%20Basketball%20Tournament%20Bracket.pdf?id=5442

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