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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.

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 December 30, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

External links

2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
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