Jump to content

1995 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1995 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1994–95
Teams7
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMurray State (7th title)
Winning coachScott Edgar (2nd title)
MVPMarcus Brown (Murray State)
← 1994
1996 →
1994–95 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Tennessee State 11 5   .688 17 10   .630
Murray State 11 5   .688 21 9   .700
Morehead State 10 6   .625 15 12   .556
Tennessee Tech 9 7   .563 13 14   .481
Austin Peay 8 8   .500 13 16   .448
Southeast Missouri State 7 9   .438 13 14   .481
Eastern Kentucky 6 10   .375 9 19   .321
Middle Tennessee 5 11   .313 12 15   .444
UT Martin 5 11   .313 7 20   .259
1995 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1995 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1994–95 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2–4, 1995, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Murray State defeated Austin Peay in the championship game, 92–84, to win their 7th OVC men's basketball tournament.

The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament as the No. 15 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

[edit]

Seven of the nine conference members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Tennessee State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round. Southeast Missouri State and UT Martin did not participate.

Bracket

[edit]
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 2
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 3
Championship
Thursday, March 4
         
1 Tennessee State 76
5 Austin Peay 81
4 Tennessee Tech 78
5 Austin Peay 83
5 Austin Peay 84
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Murray State 92
3 Morehead State 74
6 Eastern Kentucky 85
6 Eastern Kentucky 72
2 Murray State 78
2 Murray State 75
7 Middle Tennessee 67

[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1994-95 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1994-95 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 30, 2022.