2017 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 1–4, 2017 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Jacksonville State defeated UT Martin, 66–55, in championship game to win the tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2017 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Jacksonville State (1st title)
Winning coach	Ray Harper (1st title)
MVP	Malcolm Drumwright (Jacksonville State)
Television	OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Belmont	15	–	1		.938			23	–	7		.767
Morehead State	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Jacksonville State †	9	–	7		.563			20	–	15		.571
Tennessee State	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
Tennessee Tech	8	–	8		.500			12	–	20		.375
Eastern Kentucky	5	–	11		.313			12	–	19		.387
West
UT Martin	10	–	6		.625			22	–	13		.629
Southeast Missouri St.	9	–	7		.563			15	–	18		.455
Murray State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	17		.485
Austin Peay	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
Eastern Illinois	6	–	10		.375			14	–	15		.483
SIU Edwardsville	1	–	15		.063			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 OVC Tournament winner

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds went to the division champions. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds also 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.

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Belmont	15–1
2	UT Martin	10–6	West Division Champion
3	Morehead State	10–6
4	Jacksonville State	9–7	1–0 vs. Southeast Missouri State
5	Southeast Missouri State	9–7	0–1 vs. Jacksonville State
6	Tennessee Tech	8–8	2–1 vs. Murray State/Tennessee State
7	Murray State	8–8	1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech/Tennessee State
8	Tennessee State	8–8	1–2 vs. Tennessee Tech/Murray State

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1	6:30 pm	No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 8 Tennessee State	78–75 ^OT	OVC Digital Network
2	8:30 pm	No. 6 Tennessee Tech vs No. 7 Murray State	85–84 ^2OT	OVC Digital Network
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3	6:30 pm	No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State	51–74	OVC Digital Network
4	8:30 pm	No. 7 Murray State vs No. 3 Morehead State	75–69	OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
5	6:30 pm	No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 1 Belmont	65–59	ESPNU
6	9:00 pm	No. 7 Murray State vs No. 2 UT Martin	73–67	ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 4
7	7:00 pm	No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 2 UT Martin	66–55	ESPN2
All game times in Central Time Zone.

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Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1 OVCDN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 OVCDN					Semifinals Friday, March 3 ESPNU					Championship Saturday, March 4 ESPN2
											1	Belmont	59
											4	Jacksonville State	65
						4	Jacksonville State	74
	5	SE Missouri State	78*			5	SE Missouri State	51
	8	Tennessee State	75													4	Jacksonville State	66
																2	UT Martin	55
											2	UT Martin	73
											7	Murray State	67
						3	Morehead State	69
	6	Tennessee Tech	84			7	Murray State	75
	7	Murray State	85**

* denotes number of overtime periods

See also

• 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "2017 OVC MBB Bracket" (PDF). OVCSports. Ohio Valley. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
2. "2017 OVC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship". OVCSports. Ohio Valley. Retrieved February 1, 2017.