2022 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament concluding the 2021–22 season of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The entire tournament, contested during March 2–5, 2022, was played at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The winner, the Murray State Racers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

2022 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMurray State (18th title)
Winning coachMatt McMahon (3rd title)
MVPJustice Hill (Murray State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Murray State †18–0 1.00031–3  .912
Belmont15–3 .83325–8  .758
Morehead State13–5 .72223–11  .676
Southeast Missouri State8–9 .47114–18  .438
Tennessee State8–10 .44414–18  .438
Austin Peay8–10 .44412–17  .414
Tennessee Tech7–10 .41211–21  .344
SIU Edwardsville5–13 .27811–21  .344
UT Martin4–14 .2228–22  .267
Eastern Illinois3–15 .1675–26  .161
† 2022 OVC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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. The first tiebreaker was head-to-head results between the tied teams and the second tiebreaker was comparing each team's record against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down until they are no longer tied.[1]

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Murray State 18–0
2 Belmont 15–3
3 Morehead State 13–5
4 Southeast Missouri State 8–9
5 Tennessee State 8–10 1–1 v. Austin Peay; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 2–0 v. Tennessee Tech
6 Austin Peay 8–10 1–1 v. Tennessee State; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 1–1 v. Tennessee Tech
7 Tennessee Tech 7–10
8 SIU Edwardsville 5–13

Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1 6:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 77–62 ESPN+
2 9:00 pm No. 6 Austin Peay vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech 75–68
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3 6:30 pm No. 4 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 5 Tennessee State 79-55 ESPN+
4 9:00 pm No. 3 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech 73–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State 88–74 ESPNU
6 9:30 pm No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Morehead State 53–51
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7 7:30 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 3 Morehead State 71–67 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket
First Round
Wednesday, March 2 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3 		Semifinals
Friday, March 4 		Championship
Saturday, March 5
1 Murray State 88
4 Southeast Missouri State 74
4 Southeast Missouri State 79
5 Tennessee State 77 5 Tennessee State 55
8 SIU Edwardsville 62 1 Murray State 71
3 Morehead State 67
2 Belmont 51
3 Morehead State 53
3 Morehead State 73
6 Austin Peay 51 7 Tennessee Tech 56
7 Tennessee Tech 78

* denotes number of overtime periods

References
  1. "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". Ohio Valley Conference. January 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. "2022 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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