1991 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1991 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 1990–91 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2-4, 1991 at Racer Arena in Murray, Kentucky.

1991 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199091
Teams7
SiteRacer Arena
Murray, Kentucky
ChampionsMurray State (5th title)
Winning coachSteve Newton (3rd title)
MVPPopeye Jones (2nd MVP) (Murray State)
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
1990-91 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Murray State102 .833  249  .727
Eastern Kentucky93 .750  1910  .655
Tennessee Tech66 .500  1216  .429
Austin Peay66 .500  1514  .517
Middle Tennessee State66 .500  219  .700
Morehead State48 .333  1613  .552
Tennessee State111 .083  523  .179
1991 OVC Tournament[1] winner

Murray State defeated Middle Tennessee State in the championship game, 79–67, to win their fifth OVC men's basketball tournament.

The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament as the #13 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Murray State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 3
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 4
Championship
Thursday, March 5
                           
       
  1 Murray State 89  
    6 Morehead State 61  
4 Middle Tennessee State 87
  5 Austin Peay 83  
    1 Murray State 79
  4 Middle Tennessee State 67
  3 Tennessee Tech 83  
6 Morehead State 88  
4 Middle Tennessee State 83
    2 Eastern Kentucky 66  
2 Eastern Kentucky 91
  7 Tennessee State 70  

References

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