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2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament


2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsAustin Peay (5th title)
Winning coachDave Loos (4th title)
MVPChris Horton (Austin Peay)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Belmont 12 – 4   .750 20 – 12   .625
Tennessee State 11 – 5   .688 20 – 11   .645
Tennessee Tech 11 – 5   .688 19 – 12   .613
Morehead State 11 – 5   .688 23 – 14   .622
Eastern Kentucky 6 – 10   .375 15 – 16   .484
Jacksonville State 4 – 12   .250 8 – 23   .258
West
UT Martin 10 – 6   .625 20 – 15   .571
Murray State 10 – 6   .625 17 – 14   .548
Eastern Illinois 9 – 7   .563 13 – 17   .433
Austin Peay † 7 – 9   .438 18 – 18   .500
SIU Edwardsville 3 – 13   .188 6 – 22   .214
Southeast Missouri St. 2 – 14   .125 5 – 24   .172
† 2016 OVC tournament winner

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Austin Peay, the #8 seed, won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Due to the locale of the tournament, it was dubbed as Music City Madness.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament.[2] The #1 and #2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The #3 and #4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. The #1 and #2 seeds went to the division champions.

Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed[3] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 12–4
2 Tennessee–Martin 10–6 1–1 vs. Murray State, 2–0 vs. Austin Peay
3 Morehead State 11–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee State, 2–0 vs. Tennessee Tech
4 Tennessee State 11–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech, 1–1 vs. Morehead State
5 Tennessee Tech 11–5 0–2 vs. Morehead State, 1–1 vs. Tennessee State
6 Murray State 10–6 1–1 vs. Tennessee–Martin, 1–1 vs. Austin Peay
7 Eastern Illinois 9–7
8 Austin Peay 7–9

Schedule

[4]

Game Time Matchup Final score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1 6:00 pm #5 Tennessee Tech vs. #8 Austin Peay 72–92 OVC Digital Network
2 8:00 pm #6 Murray State vs. #7 Eastern Illinois 78–62 OVC Digital Network
Second Round – Thursday, March 3
3 6:00 pm #4 Tennessee State vs. #8 Austin Peay 72–74 OVC Digital Network
4 8:00 pm #3 Morehead State vs. #6 Murray State 75–66 OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5 6:30 pm #1 Belmont vs. #8 Austin Peay 96–97OT ESPNU
6 8:30 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #3 Morehead State 83–70 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7 7:00 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #8 Austin Peay 73–83 ESPN2
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 2
OVCDN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
OVCDN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 4
ESPNU 		Championship
Saturday, March 5
ESPN2
1 Belmont 96
8 Austin Peay 97OT
4 Tennessee State 72
5 Tennessee Tech 72 8 Austin Peay 74
8 Austin Peay 92 8 Austin Peay 83
2 Tennessee–Martin 73
2 Tennessee–Martin 83
3 Morehead State 70
3 Morehead State 75
6 Murray State 78 6 Murray State 66
7 Eastern Illinois 62

See also

References

  1. ^ "2016 OVC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 OVC Basketball Championship All-Session Tickets on Sale for Just $60 Through January". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Field Set for 2016 OVC Men's Basketball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "- Ohio Valley Conference" (PDF).
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Ohio_Valley_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament