2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsJacksonville State (1st title)
Winning coachRay Harper (1st title)
MVPMalcolm Drumwright (Jacksonville State)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Belmont15–1 .93823–7  .767
Morehead State10–6 .62514–16  .467
Jacksonville State †9–7 .56320–15  .571
Tennessee State8–8 .50017–13  .567
Tennessee Tech8–8 .50012–20  .375
Eastern Kentucky5–11 .31312–19  .387
West
UT Martin10–6 .62522–13  .629
Southeast Missouri St.9–7 .56315–18  .455
Murray State8–8 .50016–17  .485
Austin Peay7–9 .43811–19  .367
Eastern Illinois6–10 .37514–15  .483
SIU Edwardsville1–15 .0636–24  .200
† 2017 OVC tournament winner

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 1–4, 2017 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Jacksonville State defeated UT Martin, 66–55, in championship game to win the tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds went to the division champions. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds also 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.

Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 15–1
2 UT Martin 10–6 West Division Champion
3 Morehead State 10–6
4 Jacksonville State 9–7 1–0 vs. Southeast Missouri State
5 Southeast Missouri State 9–7 0–1 vs. Jacksonville State
6 Tennessee Tech 8–8 2–1 vs. Murray State/Tennessee State
7 Murray State 8–8 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech/Tennessee State
8 Tennessee State 8–8 1–2 vs. Tennessee Tech/Murray State

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 6:30 pm No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 8 Tennessee State 78–75 OT OVC Digital Network
2 8:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee Tech vs No. 7 Murray State 85–84 2OT OVC Digital Network
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3 6:30 pm No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State 51–74 OVC Digital Network
4 8:30 pm No. 7 Murray State vs No. 3 Morehead State 75–69 OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
5 6:30 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 1 Belmont 65–59 ESPNU
6 9:00 pm No. 7 Murray State vs No. 2 UT Martin 73–67 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 4
7 7:00 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 2 UT Martin 66–55 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time Zone.

[2]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 1
OVCDN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2
OVCDN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 3
ESPNU 		Championship
Saturday, March 4
ESPN2
1 Belmont 59
4 Jacksonville State 65
4 Jacksonville State 74
5 SE Missouri State 78* 5 SE Missouri State 51
8 Tennessee State 75 4 Jacksonville State 66
2 UT Martin 55
2 UT Martin 73
7 Murray State 67
3 Morehead State 69
6 Tennessee Tech 84 7 Murray State 75
7 Murray State 85**

* denotes number of overtime periods

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2017 OVC MBB Bracket" (PDF). OVCSports. Ohio Valley. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 OVC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship". OVCSports. Ohio Valley. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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