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The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2017–18 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held February 28 through March 3, 2018 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1]

Regular-season champion Murray State defeated Belmont in the championship game to win the tournament and received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. records.

Southeast Missouri State, despite finishing in seventh place, was ineligible for the tournament due to Academic Progress Rate violations.[2]

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Murray State 16–2
2 Belmont 15–3
3 Austin Peay 12–6
4 Jacksonville State 11–7
5 Tennessee Tech 10–8 2–0 vs TSU
6 Tennessee State 10–8 0–2 vs TT
7 Eastern Illinois 7–11
8 SIU Edwardsville 5–13 2–1 vs EKU/UTM
UT Martin 5–13 2–2 vs SIUE/EKU
Eastern Kentucky 5–13 1–2 vs SIUE/UTM

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1 6:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee Tech vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 60–51 OVC Digital Network
2 8:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee State vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 71–73 OVC Digital Network
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1
3 6:30 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 5 Tennessee Tech 73–70 OVC Digital Network
4 8:30 pm No. 3 Austin Peay vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 73–66 OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 2
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State 70–63 ESPNU
6 9:00 pm No. 2 Belmont vs No. 3 Austin Peay 94–79 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 3
7 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 2 Belmont 68–51 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time Zone.

Bracket

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Source[3]

See also

References

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