2023 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2023 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Southeast Missouri State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Brad Korn (1st title)
MVP	Chris Harris (Southeast Missouri State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments

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.

2022–23 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Morehead State	14	–	4		.778			22	–	12		.647
Tennessee Tech	11	–	7		.611			16	–	17		.485
UT Martin	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Tennessee State	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
Southeast Missouri State †	10	–	8		.556			19	–	17		.528
SIU Edwardsville	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Southern Indiana*	9	–	9		.500			16	–	17		.485
Lindenwood*	6	–	12		.333			11	–	21		.344
Little Rock	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Eastern Illinois	5	–	13		.278			9	–	22		.290
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2023 OVC tournament winner

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.[1]

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.[2]

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Morehead State	14–4
2	Tennessee Tech	11–7
3	UT Martin	10–8	3-1 vs. TSU/SEMO
4	Tennessee State	10–8	2-2 vs. UTM/SEMO
5	Southeast Missouri State	10–8	1-3 vs. UTM/TSU
6	SIU Edwardsville	9–9	1-1 vs. Tennessee Tech
7	Southern Indiana	9–9	0-2 vs. Tennessee Tech
8	Lindenwood	6-12	2-0 vs. UALR
DNQ	Little Rock	6-12	0-2 vs. Lindenwood
DNQ	Eastern Illinois	5-13

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1	6:00 pm	No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 8 Lindenwood	84–65	ESPN+
2	9:30 pm	No. 6 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 7 Southern Indiana	68–54
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3	6:30 pm	No. 4 Tennessee State vs. No. 5 Southeast Missouri State	83–91	ESPN+
4	9:00 pm	No. 3 UT Martin vs. No. 6 SIU Edwardsville	81–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
5	7:00 pm	No. 1 Morehead State vs. No. 5 Southeast Missouri State	58–65	ESPNU
6	9:30 pm	No. 2 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 3 UT Martin	78–63
Championship – Saturday, March 4
7	7:00 pm	No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech	89–82	ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.[3]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2					Semifinals Friday, March 3					Championship Saturday, March 4
											1	Morehead State	58
						4	Tennessee State	83			5	Southeast Missouri State	65
	5	Southeast Missouri State	84			5	Southeast Missouri State	91								5	Southeast Missouri State	89*
	8	Lindenwood	65													2	Tennessee Tech	82
											2	Tennessee Tech	78
						3	UT Martin	81			3	UT Martin	63
	6	SIU Edwardsville	68			6	SIU Edwardsville	75
	7	Southern Indiana	54

* — Denotes overtime period

References

1. "2020-21 OVC Basketball Tiebreaker". ovcsports.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
2. "2023 Ohio Valley Tournament". Hoops HD. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
3. "2023 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.