Tournament Information Page | Bracket (PDF)
The field for the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament has been set following the end of regular season play on Saturday.
Murray State (14-4) will be the No. 1 seed after winning its 22nd OVC Championship (and second in a row), and doing so outright with a victory on Saturday. Morehead State and Austin Peay (13-5) finished in a tie for second, but after tiebreakers MSU received the No. 2 seed and APSU earned the No. 3 seed. Tennessee Tech (12-6) is the No. 4 seed.
The field is rounded out No. 5 seed Tennessee State (10-8), No. 6 seed Eastern Kentucky (9-9), No. 7 seed Southeast Missouri (6-12) and No. 8 seed UT Martin (6-12).
New for this year's tournament, all eight men's and eight women's team will play every game of the Championship at one site, which is Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The merit-based system will give the No. 1 and 2 seeds a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds get a single bye to the quarterfinals. The first round will match up the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds.
The first round and quarterfinals can be seen live on OVCSports.TV while the semifinals will air on ESPNU and the championship game will be on ESPN2.
2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship
Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.
First Round - Wednesday, March 2
Game 1 - #5 Tennessee State vs. #8 UT Martin - 6:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)
Game 2 - #6 Eastern Kentucky vs. #7 Southeast Missouri - 8:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 3
Game 3 - #4 Tennessee Tech vs. Game 1 Winner - 6:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)
Game 4 - #3 Austin Peay vs. Game 2 Winner - 8:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)
Semifinals - Friday, March 4
Game 5 - #1 Murray State vs. Game 3 winner, 7:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 6 - #2 Morehead State vs. Game 4 winner, 9:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Championship - Saturday, March 5
Game 7 - Semifinal Winners - 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2)
All Times Central