2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011–12
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Television ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Post-Ohio Valley Conference
tournament(s)
2012 NIT, 2012 NCAA,
2012 CBI, 2012 CIT
Ohio Valley Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#22 Murray State 1   0   1.000     13   0   1.000
Eastern Kentucky 1   0   1.000     7   6   .538
Eastern Illinois 0   0       6   5   .545
Tennessee Tech 0   0       6   5   .545
Tennessee State 0   0       7   6   .538
Morehead State 0   0       5   7   .417
SE Missouri State 0   0       4   7   .364
Austin Peay 0   0       3   10   .231
*SIU Edwardsville 0   0       2   7   .222
Jacksonville State 0   1   .000     4   8   .333
UT Martin 0   1   .000     3   11   .214
† 2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
As of December 21, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will occur February 29 through March 3. All games will take place at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Contents

Format

The format for the tournament was changed, beginning with the 2011 tournament. Seeding changed to a merit-based system where the No. 1 and 2 seeds receive a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds get a single bye to the quarterfinals (a system that has been used since 2003 in the West Coast Conference). The first round will match up the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds[2] The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The winner will earns an automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

The top eight will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, February 29
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1
Semifinals
Friday, March 2
Championship
Saturday , March 3
5     
8              
         4       
                   
           1       
               
               
                 
6                
7                
         3       
                   
           2       
                    
                    
      

* – Denotes overtime

References

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