2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament concluding the 2021–22 season of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The entire tournament, contested during March 2–5, 2022, was played at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The winner, the Murray State Racers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Murray State (18th title)
Winning coach	Matt McMahon (3rd title)
MVP	Justice Hill (Murray State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 Murray State †	18	–	0		1.000			31	–	3		.912
Belmont	15	–	3		.833			25	–	8		.758
Morehead State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Southeast Missouri State	8	–	9		.471			14	–	18		.438
Tennessee State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
Austin Peay	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Tennessee Tech	7	–	10		.412			11	–	21		.344
SIU Edwardsville	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
UT Martin	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Eastern Illinois	3	–	15		.167			5	–	26		.161
† 2022 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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. The first tiebreaker was head-to-head results between the tied teams and the second tiebreaker was comparing each team's record against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team and working down until they are no longer tied.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Murray State	18–0
2	Belmont	15–3
3	Morehead State	13–5
4	Southeast Missouri State	8–9
5	Tennessee State	8–10	1–1 v. Austin Peay; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 2–0 v. Tennessee Tech
6	Austin Peay	8–10	1–1 v. Tennessee State; 0–2 v. Murray State; 0–2 v. Belmont; 0–2 v. Morehead State; 1–1 v. Southeast Missouri State; 1–1 v. Tennessee Tech
7	Tennessee Tech	7–10
8	SIU Edwardsville	5–13

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 2
1	6:30 pm	No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 SIU Edwardsville	77–62	ESPN+
2	9:00 pm	No. 6 Austin Peay vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech	75–68
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3	6:30 pm	No. 4 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 5 Tennessee State	79-55	ESPN+
4	9:00 pm	No. 3 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Tennessee Tech	73–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
5	7:00 pm	No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Southeast Missouri State	88–74	ESPNU
6	9:30 pm	No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Morehead State	53–51
Championship – Saturday, March 5
7	7:30 pm	No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 3 Morehead State	71–67	ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.[2]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3					Semifinals Friday, March 4					Championship Saturday, March 5
											1	Murray State	88
						4	Southeast Missouri State	79			4	Southeast Missouri State	74
	5	Tennessee State	77			5	Tennessee State	55								1	Murray State	71
	8	SIU Edwardsville	62													3	Morehead State	67
											2	Belmont	51
						3	Morehead State	73			3	Morehead State	53
	6	Austin Peay	51			7	Tennessee Tech	56
	7	Tennessee Tech	78

* denotes number of overtime periods