2019 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2019 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMurray State (17th title)
Winning coachMatt McMahon (2nd title)
MVPJa Morant (Murray State)
Top scorerJa Morant (Murray State)
(55 points)
TelevisionESPN+/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 16 – 2   .889 27 – 6   .818
Murray State† 16 – 2   .889 28 – 5   .848
Jacksonville State 15 – 3   .833 24 – 9   .727
Austin Peay 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
Morehead State 8 – 10   .444 13 – 20   .394
Eastern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
UT Martin 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387
SIU Edwardsville 6 – 12   .333 10 – 21   .323
Eastern Kentucky 6 – 12   .333 13 – 18   .419
Tennessee State 6 – 12   .333 9 – 21   .300
Southeast Missouri State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Tennessee Tech 4 – 14   .222 8 – 23   .258
† 2019 OVC Tournament winner

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2018–19 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6 through March 9, 2019 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

The final featured the regular-season co-champions in Belmont and Murray State, with Murray State winning 77–65 and thus earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds[]

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 16–2 1–0 vs. Murray State
2 Murray State 16–2 0–1 vs. Belmont
3 Jacksonville State 15–3
4 Austin Peay 13–5
5 Morehead State 8–10
6 Eastern Illinois 7–11
7 UT Martin 6–12 Combined 3–2 vs. SIU Edwardsville, EKU, & TSU
8 SIU Edwardsville 6–12 Combined 2–2 vs. UT Martin, EKU, & TSU, 1–0 vs. EKU

Schedule[]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 6
1 6:30 pm No. 5 Morehead State vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 72–68 ESPN+/ESPN3
2 8:30 pm No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs No. 7 UT Martin 71–78 ESPN+/ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
3 6:30 pm No. 4 Austin Peay vs No. 5 Morehead State 95–81 ESPN+/ESPN3
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Jacksonville State vs No. 7 UT Martin 88–81 ESPN+/ESPN3
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs No. 4 Austin Peay 83–67 ESPNU
6 9:00 pm No. 2 Murray State vs No. 3 Jacksonville State 76–74 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 9
7 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs No. 2 Murray State 65–77 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time Zone.[1]

Bracket[]

First round
Wednesday, March 6
ESPN+/ESPN3 		Second round
Thursday, March 7
ESPN+/ESPN3 		Semifinals
Friday, March 8
ESPNU 		Championship
Saturday, March 9
ESPN2
1 Belmont 83
4 Austin Peay 67
4 Austin Peay 95
5 Morehead State 72 5 Morehead State 81
8 SIU Edwardsville 68 1 Belmont 65
2 Murray State 77
2 Murray State 76
3 Jacksonville State 74
3 Jacksonville State 88
6 Eastern Illinois 71 7 UT Martin 81
7 UT Martin 78

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 OVC Basketball Championships - Evansville, Indiana - Ohio Valley Conference".
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