2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2007–08
Teams8
First round sitecampus sites
Semifinals siteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Finals siteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsAustin Peay (4th title)
Winning coachDave Loos (3rd title)
MVPTodd Babington[1] (Austin Peay)
← 2007
2009 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Austin Peay † 16 – 4   .800 24 – 11   .686
Murray State 13 – 7   .650 18 – 13   .581
Morehead State 12 – 8   .600 15 – 15   .500
UT Martin 11 – 9   .550 17 – 16   .515
Samford 10 – 10   .500 14 – 16   .467
Tennessee State 10 – 10   .500 15 – 17   .469
Tennessee Tech 10 – 10   .500 13 – 19   .406
Eastern Kentucky 10 – 10   .500 14 – 16   .467
Eastern Illinois 6 – 14   .300 7 – 22   .241
Jacksonville State 5 – 15   .250 7 – 22   .241
Southeast Missouri State 7 – 13   .350 12 – 19   .387
† 2010 OVC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–8, 2008. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Austin Peay won the tournament advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Format[]

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
March 4 		Semifinals
March 7 		Finals
March 8
         
1 Austin Peay 76
8 Eastern Kentucky 51
1 Austin Peay 78
4 UT Martin 77
4 UT Martin 1013OT
5 Samford 94
1 Austin Peay 82
6 Tennessee State 64
3 Morehead State 61
6 Tennessee State 68
6 Tennessee State 83
2 Murray State 75
2 Murray State 77
7 Tennessee Tech 74

Sources[]

References[]

  1. ^ Babington leads Govs to the Dance
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