2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Austin Peay (5th title)
Winning coach	Dave Loos (4th title)
MVP	Chris Horton (Austin Peay)
Television	OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Belmont	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
Tennessee State	11	–	5		.688			20	–	11		.645
Tennessee Tech	11	–	5		.688			19	–	12		.613
Morehead State	11	–	5		.688			23	–	14		.622
Eastern Kentucky	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Jacksonville State	4	–	12		.250			8	–	23		.258
West
UT Martin	10	–	6		.625			20	–	15		.571
Murray State	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Eastern Illinois	9	–	7		.563			13	–	17		.433
Austin Peay †	7	–	9		.438			18	–	18		.500
SIU Edwardsville	3	–	13		.188			6	–	22		.214
Southeast Missouri St.	2	–	14		.125			5	–	24		.172
† 2016 OVC tournament winner

The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Austin Peay, the #8 seed, won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Due to the locale of the tournament, it was dubbed as Music City Madness.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. The #1 and #2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The #3 and #4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. The #1 and #2 seeds went to the division champions.

Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Belmont	12–4
2	Tennessee–Martin	10–6	1–1 vs. Murray State, 2–0 vs. Austin Peay
3	Morehead State	11–5	1–1 vs. Tennessee State, 2–0 vs. Tennessee Tech
4	Tennessee State	11–5	1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech, 1–1 vs. Morehead State
5	Tennessee Tech	11–5	0–2 vs. Morehead State, 1–1 vs. Tennessee State
6	Murray State	10–6	1–1 vs. Tennessee–Martin, 1–1 vs. Austin Peay
7	Eastern Illinois	9–7
8	Austin Peay	7–9

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Final score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1	6:00 pm	#5 Tennessee Tech vs. #8 Austin Peay	72–92	OVC Digital Network
2	8:00 pm	#6 Murray State vs. #7 Eastern Illinois	78–62	OVC Digital Network
Second Round – Thursday, March 3
3	6:00 pm	#4 Tennessee State vs. #8 Austin Peay	72–74	OVC Digital Network
4	8:00 pm	#3 Morehead State vs. #6 Murray State	75–66	OVC Digital Network
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5	6:30 pm	#1 Belmont vs. #8 Austin Peay	96–97OT	ESPNU
6	8:30 pm	#2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #3 Morehead State	83–70	ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7	7:00 pm	#2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #8 Austin Peay	73–83	ESPN2
All game times in Eastern Time Zone.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2 OVCDN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3 OVCDN					Semifinals Friday, March 4 ESPNU					Championship Saturday, March 5 ESPN2
											1	Belmont	96
											8	Austin Peay	97OT
						4	Tennessee State	72
	5	Tennessee Tech	72			8	Austin Peay	74
	8	Austin Peay	92													8	Austin Peay	83
																2	Tennessee–Martin	73
											2	Tennessee–Martin	83
											3	Morehead State	70
						3	Morehead State	75
	6	Murray State	78			6	Murray State	66
	7	Eastern Illinois	62

See also

• 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

External links

• 2016 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship