The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2018–19 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6 through March 9, 2019 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
The final featured the regular-season co-champions in Belmont and Murray State, with Murray State winning 77–65 and thus earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf. Tiebreaker1Belmont16–21–0 vs. Murray State2Murray State16–20–1 vs. Belmont3Jacksonville State15–34Austin Peay13–55Morehead State8–106Eastern Illinois7–117UT Martin6–12Combined 3–2 vs. SIU Edwardsville, EKU, & TSU8SIU Edwardsville6–12Combined 2–2 vs. UT Martin, EKU, & TSU, 1–0 vs. EKU
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Wednesday, March 6 1 6:30 pm No. 5 Morehead State vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 72–68 ESPN+/ESPN3 2 8:30 pm No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs No. 7 UT Martin 71–78 ESPN+/ESPN3 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 3 6:30 pm No. 4 Austin Peay vs No. 5 Morehead State 95–81 ESPN+/ESPN3 4 8:30 pm No. 3 Jacksonville State vs No. 7 UT Martin 88–81 ESPN+/ESPN3 Semifinals – Friday, March 8 5 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs No. 4 Austin Peay 83–67 ESPNU 6 9:00 pm No. 2 Murray State vs No. 3 Jacksonville State 76–74 ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 9 7 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs No. 2 Murray State 65–77 ESPN2 All game times in Central Time Zone.
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