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The field for the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament has been set following the end of regular season play on Saturday. Austin Peay, who had already clinched its eighth OVC regular season championship, is the No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 seed Eastern Kentucky in a rematch of last year's OVC Tournament Championship game. Murray State, Morehead State and UT Martin also secured first round home games.
Those quarterfinal matchups will all be played at campus sites on Tuesday, March 4. The semifinals and finals will be held at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. on March 7-8.
FIRST ROUND - TUESDAY, MARCH 4 (CAMPUS SITES)
No. 1 - Austin Peay vs. No. 8 Eastern Kentucky, 7:00 p.m. CT (OVCSports.TV)
No. 2 - Murray State vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m. CT (OVCSports.TV)
No. 3 - Morehead State vs. No. 6 Tennessee State, 6:00 CT (OVCSports.TV)
No. 4 - UT Martin vs. No. 5 Samford, 7:00 p.m. CT (OVCSports.TV)
SEMIFINALS - FRIDAY, MARCH 7 (MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE, TENN.)
No. 1 Austin Peay vs. No. 4 UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
No. 2 Murray State vs. No. 6 Tennessee State, 8:00 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
CHAMPIONSHIP - SATURDAY, MARCH 8 (MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE, TENN.)
4:00 p.m. CT (ESPN2)