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2012 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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2012 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMurray State (15th title)
Winning coachSteve Prohm (1st title)
MVPDonte Poole (Murray State)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
← 2011
2013 →
2011–12 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Murray State 15 1   .938 31 2   .939
Tennessee State 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
Morehead State 10 6   .625 18 15   .545
Tennessee Tech 9 7   .563 19 14   .576
Southeast Missouri State 9 7   .563 15 16   .484
Austin Peay 8 8   .500 12 20   .375
Jacksonville State 8 8   .500 15 18   .455
Eastern Kentucky 7 9   .438 16 16   .500
*SIU Edwardsville 6 10   .375 10 17   .370
Eastern Illinois 5 11   .313 12 17   .414
UT Martin 0 16   .000 4 27   .129
2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament began on February 29 and ended on March 3 with Murray State claiming the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. All games were held at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Format

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The format for the tournament was changed, beginning with the 2011 tournament. Seeding changed to a merit-based system where the No. 1 and 2 seeds received a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds earned a single bye to the quarterfinals. The first round matched the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds[2] The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference received berths in the conference tournament. After the 16-game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The winner earned an automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA tournament.

SIU Edwardsville was ineligible for the conference tournament, due to its transition to Division I.

Seeds

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The top eight qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Murray State 15–1 (28–1)
#2 Tennessee State 11–5 (19–11)
#3 Morehead State 10–6 (18–14)
#4 Tennessee Tech 9–7 (19–12) 1–0 vs SEMO
#5 SE Missouri State 9–7 (15–16) 0–1 vs TT
#6 Austin Peay 8–8 (12–20) 1–0 vs JSU
#7 Jacksonville State 8–8 (15–18) 0–1 vs AP
#8 Eastern Kentucky 7–9 (16–16)

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, February 29
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1
Semifinals
Friday, March 2
Championship Game
Saturday , March 3
5 Southeast Missouri State 75
8 Eastern Kentucky 65 5 Southeast Missouri State 73
4 Tennessee Tech 77
4 Tennessee Tech 58
1 #12 Murray State 78
1 #12 Murray State 54
6 Austin Peay 70 2 Tennessee State 52
7 Jacksonville State 75 7 Jacksonville State 54
3 Morehead State 68
3 Morehead State 52
2 Tennessee State 59

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved October 10, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Field Set for 2011 OVC men's basketball tournament". ovcsports.com. Ohio Valley Conference. February 26, 2011.