2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201718
Teams 8
Site Ford Center
Evansville, Indiana
Champions Murray State (16th title)
Winning coach Matt McMahon (1st title)
MVP Jonathan Stark (Murray State)
Television OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Murray State162 .889  266  .813
Belmont153 .833  249  .727
Austin Peay126 .667  1915  .559
Jacksonville State117 .611  2313  .639
Tennessee Tech108 .556  1914  .576
Tennessee State108 .556  1515  .500
Southeast Missouri State*810 .444  1417  .452
Eastern Illinois711 .389  1219  .387
SIU Edwardsville513 .278  921  .300
UT Martin513 .278  1021  .323
Eastern Kentucky513 .278  1120  .355
Morehead State414 .222  821  .276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2018 OVC Tournament winner

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2017–18 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held February 28 through March 3, 2018 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1]

Regular-season champion Murray State defeated Belmont in the championship game to win the tournament and received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. records.

Southeast Missouri State, despite finishing in seventh place, was ineligible for the tournament due to Academic Progress Rate violations.[2]

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Murray State 16–2
2 Belmont 15–3
3 Austin Peay 12–6
4 Jacksonville State 11–7
5 Tennessee Tech 10–8 2–0 vs TSU
6 Tennessee State 10–8 0–2 vs TT
7 Eastern Illinois 7–11
8 SIU Edwardsville 5–13 2–1 vs EKU/UTM
UT Martin 5–13 2–2 vs SIUE/EKU
Eastern Kentucky 5–13 1–2 vs SIUE/UTM

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1 7:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee Tech vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 60–51 OVC Digital Network
2 9:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee State vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 71–73 OVC Digital Network
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1
3 7:30 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 5 Tennessee Tech 73–70 OVC Digital Network
4 9:30 pm No. 3 Austin Peay vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 73–66 OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 2
5 8:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State 70–63 ESPNU
6 10:00 pm No. 2 Belmont vs No. 3 Austin Peay 94–79 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 3
7 8:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 2 Belmont 68–51 ESPN2
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, February 28
OVCDN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1
OVCDN
Semifinals
Friday, March 2
ESPNU
Championship
Saturday, March 3
ESPN2
     
             
             
          1 Murray State 70  
          4 Jacksonville State 63  
        4 Jacksonville State 73  
5 Tennessee Tech 60     5 Tennessee Tech 70  
8 SIU Edwardsville 51       1 Murray State 68
          2 Belmont 51
             
             
          2 Belmont 94  
          3 Austin Peay 79  
        3 Austin Peay 73      
6 Tennessee State 71     7 Eastern Illinois 66      
7 Eastern Illinois 73  

Source[3]

See also

References

  1. "2018 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships – Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. "Belmont Picked As 2017–18 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Murray State's Stark Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". October 24, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. "Ohio Valley Conference" (PDF). ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.


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