1991 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1990–91 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Racer Arena Murray, Kentucky |
Champions | Murray State (5th title) |
Winning coach | Steve Newton (3rd title) |
MVP | Popeye Jones (2nd MVP) (Murray State) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1991 OVC tournament winner |
The 1991 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1990–91 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2-4, 1991, at Racer Arena in Murray, Kentucky.
Murray State defeated Middle Tennessee in the championship game, 79–67, to win their fifth OVC men's basketball tournament.
The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Southeast region.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Murray State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 3 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 4 | Championship Thursday, March 5 | ||||||||||||
1 | Murray State | 89 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morehead State | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Middle Tennessee | 87 | ||||||||||||
5 | Austin Peay | 83 | ||||||||||||
1 | Murray State | 79 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Middle Tennessee | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tennessee Tech | 83 | ||||||||||||
6 | Morehead State | 88 | ||||||||||||
4 | Middle Tennessee | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Kentucky | 66 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eastern Kentucky | 91 | ||||||||||||
7 | Tennessee State | 70 |
References
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