2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsBelmont (2nd title)
Winning coachRick Byrd (2nd title)
MVPTaylor Barnette (Belmont)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2014–15 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Belmont † 11 – 5   .688 22 – 11   .667
Eastern Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 21 – 12   .636
Morehead State 10 – 6   .625 17 – 17   .500
Jacksonville State 5 – 11   .313 12 – 19   .387
Tennessee Tech 4 – 12   .250 12 – 18   .400
Tennessee State 2 – 14   .125 5 – 26   .161
West
Murray State 16 – 0   1.000 29 – 6   .829
UT Martin 10 – 6   .625 21 – 13   .618
Eastern Illinois 9 – 7   .563 18 – 15   .545
SIU Edwardsville 8 – 8   .500 12 – 16   .429
Southeast Missouri St. 7 – 9   .438 13 – 17   .433
Austin Peay 3 – 13   .188 8 – 22   .267
† 2015 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Format[]

The OVC tournament was an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two divisional winners receiving byes through to the semifinals.

The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earned a berth into the tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earned a bid, regardless of division. The No. 1 seed went to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically went to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams were seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds[]

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Murray State 16–0 26–4
2 Eastern Kentucky 11–5 19–10
3 Belmont 11–5 19–10
4 Tennessee–Martin 10–6 18–11
5 Morehead State 10–6 15–16
6 Eastern Illinois 9–7 16–13
7 SIU Edwardsville 8–8 12–15
8 Southeast Missouri State 7–9 13–16

Bracket[]

First round
Wednesday, March 4
OVCDN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 5
OVCDN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 6
ESPNU 		Championship
Saturday, March 7
ESPN2
1 #25 Murray State 80
5 Morehead State 77
4 Tennessee–Martin 65
5 Morehead State 79 5 Morehead State 76
8 SE Missouri State 74 1 #25 Murray State 87
3 Belmont 88
2 Eastern Kentucky 52
3 Belmont 53
3 Belmont 97
6 Eastern Illinois 78 6 Eastern Illinois 64
7 SIU Edwardsville 66

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

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