Year: | 2014 |
Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Nashville Municipal Auditorium |
City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
Champions: | Eastern Kentucky |
Titlecount: | 6th |
Coach: | Jeff Neubauer |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Corey Walden |
Mvpteam: | Eastern Kentucky |
Television: | ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3 |
The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–8 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
The tournament was an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two divisional winners receiving byes through to the semifinals.
The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earned a berth into the tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earned a bid, regardless of division. The No. 1 seed went to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically goes to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams were seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.
Seed[2] | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
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1 | 14–2 | 23–8 | |||
2 | Murray State | 13–3 | 18–10 | ||
3 | Eastern Kentucky | 11–5 | 21–9 | ||
4 | Morehead State | 10–6 | 19–12 | ||
5 | Tennessee Tech | 9–7 | 16–15 | ||
6 | SE Missouri State | 8–8 | 17–13 | ||
7 | Eastern Illinois | 7–9 | 11–18 | 2–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville | |
8 | SIU Edwardsville | 7–9 | 11–19 | 0–2 vs. Eastern Illinois |