| Year: | 2023 |
| Mvp: | Chris Harris |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Coach: | Brad Korn |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Champions: | Southeast Missouri State |
| City: | Evansville, Indiana |
| Arena: | Ford Center |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
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.
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 |
| 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] | |||||
* — Denotes overtime period
