2009 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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2009 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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2009 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 200809
Teams8
First round sitecampus sites
Semifinals site Sommet Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Finals site Sommet Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Champions Morehead State (3rd title)
Winning coach Donnie Tyndall (1st title)
MVP Kenneth Faried (Morehead State)
Television ESPNU, ESPN2
  2008
2010  
2008–09 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Tennessee–Martin 144 .7782210  .688
Murray State 135 .7221912  .613
Austin Peay 135 .7221914  .576
Morehead State126 .6672016  .556
Eastern Kentucky 108 .5561813  .581
Tennessee State 99 .5001218  .400
Eastern Illinois 810 .4441218  .400
Tennessee Tech 612 .3331218  .400
Jacksonville State 513 .2781117  .393
Southeast Missouri State 018 .000327  .100
Ohio Valley Conference tournament winner
As of April 1, 2009
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3, 6, and 7, 2009. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game, and the semifinals and finals took place at Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament was won by the Morehead State Eagles.

Contents

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 7
         
1 Tennessee-Martin93
8 Tennessee Tech 75
1 Tennessee-Martin 55
4 Morehead State62
5 Eastern Kentucky 72
4 Morehead State91
4 Morehead State672OT
2 Austin Peay 65
3 Murray State88
6 Tennessee State 74
3 Murray State 50
2 Austin Peay67
7 Eastern Illinois 54
2 Austin Peay57

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