2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 8
First round site Campus Sites
Semifinals site Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Finals site Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Murray State Racers (13th title)
Winning coach Mick Cronin (2nd title)
Post-Ohio Valley Conference
tournament(s)
2006 NIT, 2006 NCAA
Ohio Valley Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament
«2005  2007»

The 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between February 28 – March 3, 2006. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Murray State won the tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Murray State drew a 14 seed, facing the 10 seed University of North Carolina.

Contents

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
February 28
Semifinals
March 2
Finals
March 3
                           
  1  Murray State 65  
8  UT-Martin 52  
  1  Murray State 69  
  4  Jacksonville State 60  
4  Jacksonville State 86
  5  Eastern Kentucky 59  
    1  Murray State 74
  2  Samford 57
  3  Tennessee Tech 78  
6  Austin Peay 74  
  3  Tennessee Tech 66
  2  Samford 73  
2  Samford 78
  7  Tennessee State 67  

Sources