2014 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2014 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201314
Teams 8
Site Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Eastern Kentucky (6th title)
Winning coach Jeff Neubauer (2nd title)
MVP Corey Walden (Eastern Kentucky)
Television ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Belmont 14 2   .875     26 10   .722
Eastern Kentucky 11 5   .688     24 10   .706
Morehead State 10 6   .625     20 14   .588
Tennessee Tech 9 7   .563     17 16   .515
Jacksonville State 4 12   .250     10 21   .323
Tennessee State 4 12   .250     5 25   .167
West
Murray State 13 3   .813     23 11   .676
Southeast Missouri State 8 8   .500     18 14   .563
Eastern Illinois 7 9   .438     11 19   .367
SIU Edwardsville 7 9   .438     11 20   .355
Austin Peay 6 10   .375     12 18   .400
Tennessee–Martin 3 13   .188     8 23   .258
2014 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–8 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Format

The 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 goes to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams were seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds

Seed[2] School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 14–2 23–8
2 Murray State 13–3 18–10
3 Eastern Kentucky 11–5 21–9
4 Morehead State 10–6 19–12
5 Tennessee Tech 9–7 16–15
6 SE Missouri State 8–8 17–13
7 Eastern Illinois 7–9 11–18 2–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville
8 SIU Edwardsville 7–9 11–19 0–2 vs. Eastern Illinois

Bracket

[2]

First round
Wednesday, March 5
 
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
 
Semifinals
Friday, March 7
 
Championship
Saturday, March 8
ESPN2
      
               
               
           1  Belmont 86  
           4  Morehead State 63  
         4  Morehead State 76  
5  Tennessee Tech 74     5  Tennessee Tech 61  
8  SIU Edwardsville 67       1  Belmont 73
           3  Eastern Kentucky 79
               
               
           2  Murray State 83  
           3  Eastern Kentucky 86  
         3  Eastern Kentucky 84       
6  SE Missouri State 79     6  SE Missouri State 76       
7  Eastern Illinois 61  

See also

References

  1. "Ohio Valley Conference Concludes 2012 Spring Meetings". www.ovcsports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "2013 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". www.ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.

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