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2016-17 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report February 27, 2017 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com/OVCDigitalNetwork.com Email: [email protected] @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through February 26) C vs. vs. O EAST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Belmont #* 15 1 .938 8-0 7-1 W3 9-1 6-0 22 5 .815 12-1 10-3 0-1 W4 Morehead State* 10 6 .625 6-2 4-4 L1 5-5 5-1 14 15 .483 10-4 4-11 0-0 L1 Jacksonville State* 9 7 .563 3-5 6-2 W1 4-6 5-1 17 14 .548 5-5 10-9 2-0 W1 Tennessee State* 8 8 .500 4-4 4-4 L1 4-6 4-2 17 12 .586 7-5 8-7 2-0 L1 Tennessee Tech* 8 8 .500 4-4 4-4 L2 4-6 4-2 12 19 .387 7-8 5-11 0-0 L2 Eastern Kentucky 5 11 .313 3-5 2-6 W2 4-6 1-5 12 19 .387 8-6 3-12 1-1 W2 vs. vs. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak UT Martin* 10 6 .625 7-1 3-5 W2 3-3 7-3 20 11 .645 13-2 7-9 0-0 W2 Southeast Missouri* 9 7 .563 6-2 3-5 L1 2-4 7-3 14 17 .452 10-4 4-11 0-2 L1 Murray State* 8 8 .500 5-3 3-5 L3 3-3 5-5 14 16 .467 10-4 3-11 1-1 L3 Austin Peay 7 9 .438 3-5 4-4 W1 1-5 6-4 11 19 .367 5-8 4-11 2-0 W1 Eastern Illinois 6 10 .375 3-5 3-5 L1 2-4 4-6 14 15 .483 8-6 6-9 0-0 L1 SIUE 1 15 .063 1-7 0-8 W1 0-6 1-9 6 24 .200 3-10 2-13 1-1 W1 # - OVC Regular Season Champions * - OVC Tournament Participants THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS 2017 OVC Basketball Championship Presented by VisitMyrtleBeach.com Tuesday, February 21 Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn. @Belmont 96, Trevecca Nazarene 45 Wednesday, March 1 Thursday, February 23 #5 Southeast Missouri vs. #8 Tennessee State, 6:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Eastern Kentucky 68, Jacksonville State 65 #6 Tennessee Tech vs. #7 Murray State, 8:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Southeast Missouri 82, Murray State 69 *@UT Martin 76, Austin Peay 72 Thursday, March 2 *@Morehead State 73, Tennessee Tech 68 #4 Jacksonville State vs. Winner of Game 1, 6:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #3 Morehead State vs. Winner of Game 2, 8:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Saturday, February 25 *@Eastern Kentucky 75, Tennessee Tech 71 Friday, March 3 *Jacksonville State 70, @Morehead State 61 #1 Belmont vs. Winner of Game 3, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) *Austin Peay 88, @Southeast Missouri 79 #2 UT Martin vs. Winner of Game 4, 9:00 p.m. (ESPNU) *@Belmont 68, Tennessee State 63 *@UT Martin 83, Murray State 76 Saturday, March 4 *@SIUE 78, Eastern Illinois 59 Semifi nal Winners, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2/Westwood One) * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2016-17 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - February 27 • 1 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship Presented by VisitMyrtleBeach.com March 1-4 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Men’s Bracket WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 3 SATURDAY, MARCH 4 (First Round) (Quarterfi nals) (Semifi nals) (Championship) #5 Southeast Missouri GAME 1 - 6:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #8 Tennessee State GAME 3 - 6:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #4 Jacksonville State GAME 5 - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) #1 Belmont GAME 7 - 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2) OVC Champion and NCAA Automatic #2 UT Martin Qualifi er #3 Morehead State GAME 6 - 9:00 p.m. (ESPNU) #6 Tennessee Tech GAME 4 - 8:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) GAME 2 - 8:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #7 Murray State All Times Central 2016-17 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - February 27 • 2 OVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY Tournament Champions Tournament Championship Breakdown 1948-49 Western Kentucky 1990-91 Murray State Murray State 15 1949-50 Eastern Kentucky 1991-92 Murray State Western Kentucky 10 1950-51 Murray State 1992-93 Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky 6 1951-52 Western Kentucky 1993-94 Tennessee State Middle Tennessee 5 1952-53 Western Kentucky 1994-95 Murray State Austin Peay 5 1953-54 Western Kentucky 1995-96 Austin Peay Morehead State 4 1954-55 Eastern Kentucky 1996-97 Murray State Belmont 2 1963-64 Murray State 1997-98 Murray State 1964-65 Western Kentucky 1998-99 Murray State Tennessee State 2 1965-66 Western Kentucky 1999-00 Southeast Missouri Akron 1 1966-67 Tennessee Tech 2000-01 Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois 1 1974-75 Middle Tennessee 2001-02 Murray State Southeast Missouri 1 1975-76 Western Kentucky 2002-03 Austin Peay Tennessee Tech 1 1976-77 Middle Tennessee 2003-04 Murray State 1977-78 Western Kentucky 2004-05 Eastern Kentucky 1978-79 Eastern Kentucky 2005-06 Murray State 1979-80 Western Kentucky 2006-07 Eastern Kentucky 1980-81 Western Kentucky 2007-08 Austin Peay 1981-82 Middle Tennessee 2008-09 Morehead State 1982-83 Morehead State 2009-10 Murray State 1983-84 Morehead State 2010-11 Morehead State 1984-85 Middle Tennessee 2011-12 Murray State 1985-86 Akron 2012-13 Belmont 1986-87 Austin Peay 2013-14 Eastern Kentucky 1987-88 Murray State 2014-15 Belmont 1988-89 Middle Tennessee 2015-16 Austin Peay 1989-90 Murray State All-Time Tournament Records By Team Akron (1978-87)....................................................................4-2 Austin Peay (1962-present) ...........................................42-33 Belmont (2012-present)......................................................6-2 East Tennessee State (1957-78) ..........................................3-6 Eastern Illinois (1996-present) ........................................6-13 Eastern Kentucky (1948-present)..................................38-34 Evansville (1948-52) .............................................................1-4 Jacksonville State (2003-present) .....................................2-4 Louisville (1948-50) ..............................................................2-1 Marshall (1949-52) ...............................................................2-4 Middle Tennessee State (1952-00) ...................................23-24 Morehead State (1948-present) .....................................32-42 Murray State (1948-present) ..........................................65-36 Samford (2003-08) ...............................................................3-5 Southeast Missouri State (1991-present) .....................10-13 SIUE (2012-present)............................................................0-2 Tennessee State (1986-present) ....................................12-24 Tennessee Tech (1949-present) ....................................24-42 UT Martin (1992-present) .................................................3-10 Western Kentucky (1948-82) ..............................................34-7 Youngstown State (1980-88) ................................................3-5 2016-17 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - February 27 • 3 OVC TOURNAMENT TEAM SPECIFIC NOTES GENERAL TOURNAMENT NOTES SOUTHEAST MISSOURI This marks the 54th overall OVC Men’s Basketball Tournament; the event is All-Time Record: 10-13 the fourth-oldest Division I Championship nationally behind only the South- Titles: 1 (2000) ern, ACC and SEC...It will be the 23rd time in the past 24 years that the Southeast Missouri missed out on being the No. 2 seed (which would have event has been held in Nashville; the tournament moves to the Ford Center been its highest seed since 2000) with a loss at home to Austin Peay on the in Evansville next season...This is the 12th time the combined men’s and fi nal day of the regular season...The Redhawks, however, are back in the women’s tournament has been at Municipal Auditorium (1994, 1995, 1996, fi eld after missing last year’s event...The No. 5 seed is the best for the team 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)...The men’s since the 2012 event...Southeast won a fi rst round game in each 2011, 2012, event was also held at Municipal Auditorium in 1967 and 1989...This is the 2013 and 2014 but could not advance past the quarterfi nals in those years... seventh event in a row that has included the merit-based bracket where the Southeast Missouri lost to its fi rst round opponent, Tennessee State, by a top two seeds get double byes to the semifi nals...The winner of this year’s 65-62 margin in Nashville back on January 5...Southeast is 4-5 all-time in event will be the fi rst to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament OVC Tournament games played in Municipal Auditorium. (OVC’s title game is fi rst among Division I Conferences)...Last year Austin Peay became the fi rst No. 8 seed to win the tournament; the Govs won four TENNESSEE STATE games in four days and beat the No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 seeds. All-Time Record: 12-24 Titles: 2 (1993, 1994) BELMONT Tennessee State is in the OVC Tournament fi eld for the second-straight year All-Time Record: 6-2 under third-year head coach Dana Ford...A year ago the Tigers were the Titles: 2 (2013, 2015) No. 4 seed but were upset by No. 8 seed (and eventual champion) in the Belmont is the No. 1 seed for the third time in fi ve total seasons in the OVC... quarterfi nals...Tennessee State was last in the OVC Championship Game The Bruins were the No. 1 seed in 2013 when they won it all, but were the in 2012 (a two-point loss to Murray State)...Tennessee State topped fi rst No. 3 seed when they won in 2015...The Bruins were upset as the No.