2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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]

2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMurray State (16th title)
Winning coachMatt McMahon (1st title)
MVPJonathan Stark (Murray State)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Murray State †16–2 .889  26–6  .813
Belmont15–3 .833  24–9  .727
Austin Peay12–6 .667  19–15  .559
Jacksonville State11–7 .611  23–13  .639
Tennessee Tech10–8 .556  19–14  .576
Tennessee State10–8 .556  15–15  .500
Southeast Missouri State*8–10 .444  14–17  .452
Eastern Illinois7–11 .389  12–19  .387
SIU Edwardsville5–13 .278  9–21  .300
UT Martin5–13 .278  10–21  .323
Eastern Kentucky5–13 .278  11–20  .355
Morehead State4–14 .222  8–21  .276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2018 OVC Tournament winner

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

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gollark: Only because lots of people are effectively just ignoring the team divisions.
gollark: I don't think mr wilde will mind if we come up with a better way to organize stuff and explain why.
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gollark: Good news! It turns out that the MPU6050 *does* have drivers which are compatible with the DMP thing and will actually run on the Pi! Unfortunately they are poorly documented C++!

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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