2017 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship
The Ohio Valley Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments presented by VistitMyrtleBeach.com, returned to the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on March 1-4, 2017.
The Belmont women's team won its second-straight OVC Tournament Championship while the Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's team won its first OVC crown to punch its first-ever appearance in the Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
The combined men's and women's championship have been held at Municipal Auditorium 12 times: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). The men also held its championship at the venue in 1989. Prior to the tournament being at the end of the season, the 1967 men's tournament was also held at Municipal Auditorium in December of that year.
The move to Municipal Auditorium keeps the championships in Nashville, a place it will have been held 23 times in the last 24 years. The only year the tournament have not been held in Nashville during that stretch was 2002.
Future OVC Basketball Tournament dates include February 28 - March 3, 2018, March 6-9, 2019 and March 4-7, 2020.
Men's Tournament -- Schedule/Results |
First Round: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
Game 1: #5 Southeast Missouri 78, #8 Tennessee State 75 (OT)
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Game 2: #7 Murray State 85, #6 Tennessee Tech 84 (2OT)
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Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
Game 3: #4 Jacksonville State 74, #5 Southeast Missouri 51
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Game 4: #7 Murray State 75, #3 Morehead State 69
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Semifinals: Friday, March 3, 2017 |
Game 5: #4 Jacksonville State 65, #1 Belmont 59
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Game 6: #2 UT Martin 73, #7 Murray State 67
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Championship: Saturday, March 4, 2017 |
Game 7: #4 Jacksonville State 66, #2 UT Martin 55
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Women's Tournament -- Schedule/Results |
First Round: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
Game 1: #1 Belmont 74, #8 Southeast Missouri 59
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Game 2: #7 Eastern Kentucky 73, #2 Morehead State 67
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First Round: Thursday, March 2, 2017 |
Game 3: #4 UT Martin 59, #5 Austin Peay 43
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Game 4: #3 SIUE 77, #6 Tennessee Tech 69
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Semifinals: Friday, March 3, 2017 |
Game 5: #1 Belmont 83, #4 UT Martin 62
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Game 6: #7 Eastern Kentucky 61, #3 SIUE 58
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Championship: Saturday, March 4, 2017 |
Game 7: #1 Belmont 94, #7 Eastern Kentucky 64
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