1991 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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1991 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1990–91
Teams7
Site Racer Arena
Murray, Kentucky
Champions Murray State (5th title)
Winning coach Steve Newton (3rd title)
MVP Popeye Jones (2nd MVP) (Murray State)
←  1990
1992  →
1990–91 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Murray State †10–2 .83324–9  .727
Eastern Kentucky 9–3 .75019–10  .655
Tennessee Tech 6–6 .50012–16  .429
Austin Peay 6–6 .50015–14  .517
Middle Tennessee 6–6 .50021–9  .700
Morehead State 4–8 .33316–13  .552
Tennessee State 1–11 .0835–23  .179
† 1991 OVC tournament [1] 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.

Contents

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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