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. SeedSchoolConference 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
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
See also 2016 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2016 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship