The 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 1–4, 2023 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Seeds Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the tournament runner-up. If that team is also not eligible, i.e. two ineligible teams met in the tournament final, the automatic bid goes to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team. SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker1Morehead State14–42Tennessee Tech11–73UT Martin10–83-1 vs. TSU/SEMO4Tennessee State10–82-2 vs. UTM/SEMO5Southeast Missouri State10–81-3 vs. UTM/TSU6SIU Edwardsville9–91-1 vs. Tennessee Tech7Southern Indiana9–90-2 vs. Tennessee Tech8Lindenwood6-122-0 vs. UALRDNQLittle Rock6-120-2 vs. LindenwoodDNQEastern Illinois5-13
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Wednesday, March 116:00 pmNo. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 8 Lindenwood84–65ESPN+29:30 pmNo. 6 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 7 Southern Indiana68–54Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 236:30 pmNo. 4 Tennessee State vs. No. 5 Southeast Missouri State83–91ESPN+49:00 pmNo. 3 UT Martin vs. No. 6 SIU Edwardsville81–75Semifinals – Friday, March 357:00 pmNo. 1 Morehead State vs. No. 5 Southeast Missouri State58–65ESPNU69:30 pm No. 2 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 3 UT Martin78–63Championship – Saturday, March 477:00 pmNo. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech89–82ESPN2All game times in Central Time.
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* — Denotes overtime period
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