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 | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions | Murray State (18th title) |
| Winning coach | Matt McMahon (3rd title) |
| MVP | Justice Hill (Murray State) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
| First round Wednesday, March 2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3 | Semifinals Friday, March 4 | Championship Saturday, March 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Southeast Missouri State | 79 | 4 | Southeast Missouri State | 74 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Tennessee State | 77 | 5 | Tennessee State | 55 | 1 | Murray State | 71 | ||||||||||
| 8 | SIU Edwardsville | 62 | 3 | Morehead State | 67 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Belmont | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Morehead State | 73 | 3 | Morehead State | 53 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Austin Peay | 51 | 7 | Tennessee Tech | 56 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Tennessee Tech | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
* denotes number of overtime periods
References edit
- ^ "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.