2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament began on February 29 and ended on March 3 with Murray State claiming the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. All games were held at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMurray State (15th title)
Winning coachSteve Prohm (1st title)
MVPDonte Poole (Murray State)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 Murray State†15–1 .938  31–2  .939
Tennessee State11–5 .688  20–13  .606
Morehead State10–6 .625  18–15  .545
Tennessee Tech9–7 .563  19–14  .576
Southeast Missouri State9–7 .563  15–16  .484
Austin Peay8–8 .500  12–20  .375
Jacksonville State8–8 .500  15–18  .455
Eastern Kentucky7–9 .438  16–16  .500
*SIU Edwardsville6–10 .375  10–17  .370
Eastern Illinois5–11 .313  12–17  .414
UT Martin0–16 .000  4–27  .129
† 2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

Format

The format for the tournament was changed, beginning with the 2011 tournament. Seeding changed to a merit-based system where the No. 1 and 2 seeds received a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds earned a single bye to the quarterfinals (a system that has been used since 2003 in the West Coast Conference). The first round matched the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds[2] The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference received berths in the conference tournament. After the 16-game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The winner earns an automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

SIU Edwardsville was ineligible for the conference tournament, due to its transition to Division I.

Seeds

The top eight qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Murray State 15–1 (28–1)
#2 Tennessee State 11–5 (19–11)
#3 Morehead State 10–6 (18–14)
#4 Tennessee Tech 9–7 (19–12) 1–0 vs SEMO
#5 SE Missouri State 9–7 (15–16) 0–1 vs TT
#6 Austin Peay 8–8 (12–20) 1–0 vs JSU
#7 Jacksonville State 8–8 (15–18) 0–1 vs AP
#8 Eastern Kentucky 7–9 (16–16)

Bracket
First Round
Wednesday, February 29		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1		 Semifinals
Friday, March 2		 Championship Game
Saturday , March 3
5 SE Missouri State 75  
8 Eastern Kentucky 65     5 SE Missouri State 73  
        4 Tennessee Tech 77  
          4 Tennessee Tech 58  
          1 #12 Murray State 78  
             
             
          1 #12 Murray State 54
6 Austin Peay 70       2 Tennessee State 52
7 Jacksonville State 75     7 Jacksonville State 54  
        3 Morehead State 68  
          3 Morehead State 52  
          2 Tennessee State 59  
                 
                 
     
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References
  1. "2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  2. "Field Set for 2011 OVC Men's Basketball Tournament". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. February 26, 2011.
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