2019 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2019 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMurray State (17th title)
Winning coachMatt McMahon (2nd title)
MVPJa Morant (Murray State)
Top scorerJa Morant (Murray State)
(55 points)
TelevisionESPN+/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Belmont162 .889  276  .818
Murray State162 .889  285  .848
Jacksonville State153 .833  249  .727
Austin Peay135 .722  2211  .667
Morehead State810 .444  1320  .394
Eastern Illinois711 .389  1418  .438
UT Martin612 .333  1219  .387
SIU Edwardsville612 .333  1021  .323
Eastern Kentucky612 .333  1318  .419
Tennessee State612 .333  921  .300
Southeast Missouri State513 .278  1021  .323
Tennessee Tech414 .222  823  .258
2019 OVC Tournament winner

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
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
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  

References

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