2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2016 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Men's 175px 8 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Austin Peay 5th Dave Loos 4th Chris Horton Austin Peay OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2 The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.2016 OVC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket http://ovcsports.com/documents/2015/8/21//2016%20OVC%20MBB%20Bracket.pdf?id=4801 16 February 2016 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. http://ovcsports.com/news/2016/1/20/mbb_0120161000.aspx?path=mbball 2016 OVC Basketball Championship All-Session Tickets on Sale for Just $60 Through January Ohio Valley Conference 2016-02-29 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 http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2016/2/27/mbb_0227165652.aspx?path=mbball Field Set for 2016 OVC Men's Basketball Championship Ohio Valley Conference 2016-02-29SchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Belmont 12–4 2Tennessee–Martin 10–61–1 vs. Murray State, 2–0 vs. Austin Peay 3Morehead State 11–51–1 vs. Tennessee State, 2–0 vs. Tennessee Tech 4Tennessee State 11–5 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech, 1–1 vs. Morehead State 5Tennessee Tech 11–50–2 vs. Morehead State, 1–1 vs. Tennessee State 6Murray State 10–61–1 vs. Tennessee–Martin, 1–1 vs. Austin Peay 7Eastern Illinois9–7 8Austin Peay7–9 Schedule http://www.ovcsports.com/documents/2016/3/5//2016%20OVC%20Men%27s%20Basketball%20Tournament%20Bracket.pdf?id=5442 - Ohio Valley Conference 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 Peay96–97OTESPNU 6 8:30 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #3 Morehead State83–70ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 5 7 7:00 pm #2 Tennessee–Martin vs. #8 Austin Peay 73–83ESPN2 All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Bracket First round Wednesday, March 2OVCDN Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3OVCDN Semifinals Friday, March 4ESPNU Championship Saturday, March 5 ESPN2 35px 5 Tennessee Tech 72 8 Austin Peay 92 6 Murray State 78 7 Eastern Illinois 62 4 Tennessee State 72 8 Austin Peay 74 3 Morehead State 75 6 Murray State 66 1 Belmont 96 8 Austin Peay 97OT 2 Tennessee–Martin 83 3 Morehead State 70 8 Austin Peay 83 2 Tennessee–Martin 73 See also 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament References External links 2016 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship Category:Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Nashville, Tennessee Tournament Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee Category:2016 in Nashville, Tennessee