| Year: | 2024 |
| Mvp: | Riley Minix |
| Mvpteam: | Morehead State |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Coach: | Preston Spradlin |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Champions: | Morehead State |
| City: | Evansville, Indiana |
| Arena: | Ford Center |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, Westwood One (Radio) |
The 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6–9, 2024 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The tournament winner, Morehead State, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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 semifinal loser.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Rock | 14–4 | 2–1 vs. UT Martin/Morehead State | |
| 2 | UT Martin | 14–4 | 2–2 vs. Little Rock/Morehead State | |
| 3 | Morehead State | 14–4 | 1–2 vs. UT Martin/Little Rock | |
| 4 | Western Illinois | 13–5 | ||
| 5 | Tennessee State | 10–8 | ||
| 6 | SIU Edwardsville | 9–9 | ||
| 7 | Eastern Illinois | 8–10 | ||
| 8 | Southern Indiana | 5–13 | 1–1 vs. Morehead State | |
| DNQ | Tennessee Tech | 5–13 | 0–2 vs. Morehead State | |
| DNQ | Southeast Missouri State | 4–14 | ||
| DNQ | Lindenwood | 3–15 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, March 6 | |||||
| 1 | 6:30 pm | No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 Southern Indiana | 78–64 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 7 Eastern Illinois | 68–57 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 | |||||
| 3 | 6:30 pm | No. 4 Western Illinois vs. No. 5 Tennessee State | 61–59 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 Morehead State vs. No. 6 SIU Edwardsville | 78-63 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 8 | |||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 4 Western Illinois | 82–57 | ESPNU | |
| 6 | 9:30 pm | No. 2 UT Martin vs. No. 3 Morehead State | 78–84 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 9 | |||||
| 7 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 3 Morehead State | 55–69 | ESPN2 | |
| All game times in Central Time.[3] | |||||