2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Belmont (2nd title)
Winning coach Rick Byrd (2nd title)
MVP Taylor Barnette (Belmont)
Television OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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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  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  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. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

External links

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