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The field for the 2007 O'Reilly Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament has been set following the end of regular season play on Saturday. Austin Peay, who claimed its seventh OVC regular season title two weeks ago, is the No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 seed Tennessee State. Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech and Murray State also secured first round home games.
Those quarterfinal matchups will all be played at campus sites on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The semifinals and finals will be held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville.
FIRST ROUND - TUESDAY, FEB. 27 (CAMPUS SITES)
No. 1 - Austin Peay vs. No. 8 - Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m. CT (TV - OVCSports.TV)
No. 2 - Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 7 - Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) (TV - OVCSports.TV)
No. 3 - Tennessee Tech vs. No. 6 - Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m. CT (TV - OVCSports.TV)
No. 4 - Murray State vs. No. 5 - Samford, 7:30 p.m. CT (TV - OVCSports.TV)
SEMIFINALS - FRIDAY, MARCH 2 (GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, NASHVILLE, TENN.)
5:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m. CT (TV - ESPNU)
CHAMPIONSHIP - SATURDAY, MARCH 3 (GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, NASHVILLE, TENN.)
7:00 p.m. CT (TV - ESPN2)