2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 1–4, 2017 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Jacksonville State defeated UT Martin, 66–55, in championship game to win the tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds went to the division champions. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds also received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Belmont 15–1 2UT Martin 10–6 West Division Champion 3Morehead State 10–6 4Jacksonville State 9–7 1–0 vs. Southeast Missouri State 5 9–7 0–1 vs. Jacksonville State 6Tennessee Tech 8–8 2–1 vs. Murray State/Tennessee State 7Murray State 8–8 1–1 vs. Tennessee Tech/Tennessee State 8Tennessee State 8–8 1–2 vs. Tennessee Tech/Murray State

Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Wednesday, March 1 1 6:30 pm No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 8 Tennessee State 78–75 OT OVC Digital Network 2 8:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee Tech vs No. 7 Murray State85–84 2OT OVC Digital Network Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 3 6:30 pm No. 5 Southeast Missouri State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State 51–74 OVC Digital Network 4 8:30 pm No. 7 Murray State vs No. 3 Morehead State 75–69 OVC Digital Network Semifinals – Friday, March 3 5 6:30 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 1 Belmont 65–59ESPNU 6 9:00 pm No. 7 Murray State vs No. 2 UT Martin 73–67ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 4 7 7:00 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 2 UT Martin66–55ESPN2 All game times in Central Time Zone.

Bracket

* denotes number of overtime periods

See also 2017 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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