2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament concluding the 2021–22 season of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The entire tournament, contested during March 2–5, 2022, was played at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The winner, the Murray State Racers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMurray State (18th title)
Winning coachMatt McMahon (3rd title)
MVPJustice Hill (Murray State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Murray State 18 0   1.000 31 3   .912
Belmont 15 3   .833 25 8   .758
Morehead State 13 5   .722 23 11   .676
Southeast Missouri State 8 9   .471 14 18   .438
Tennessee State 8 10   .444 14 18   .438
Austin Peay 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
Tennessee Tech 7 10   .412 11 21   .344
SIU Edwardsville 5 13   .278 11 21   .344
UT Martin 4 14   .222 8 22   .267
Eastern Illinois 3 15   .167 5 26   .161
2022 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The first tiebreaker was head-to-head results between the tied teams and the second tiebreaker was comparing each team's record against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down until they are no longer tied.[1]

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Murray State 18–0
2 Belmont 15–3
3 Morehead State 13–5
4 Southeast Missouri State 8–9
5 Tennessee State 8–10 1–1 v. Austin Peay; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 2–0 v. Tennessee Tech
6 Austin Peay 8–10 1–1 v. Tennessee State; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 1–1 v. Tennessee Tech
7 Tennessee Tech 7–10
8 SIU Edwardsville 5–13

Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1 6:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 77–62 ESPN+
2 9:00 pm No. 6 Austin Peay vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech 75–68
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3 6:30 pm No. 4 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 5 Tennessee State 79-55 ESPN+
4 9:00 pm No. 3 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech 73–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State 88–74 ESPNU
6 9:30 pm No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Morehead State 53–51
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7 7:30 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 3 Morehead State 71–67 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3
Semifinals
Friday, March 4
Championship
Saturday, March 5
1Murray State88
4Southeast Missouri State794Southeast Missouri State74
5Tennessee State775Tennessee State551Murray State71
8SIU Edwardsville623Morehead State67
2Belmont51
3Morehead State733Morehead State53Third place
6Austin Peay517Tennessee Tech56
7Tennessee Tech78

* denotes number of overtime periods

References

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  1. ^ "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.