2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2018–19 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 6 through March 9, 2019 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

2019 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Murray State (17th title)
Winning coach	Matt McMahon (2nd title)
MVP	Ja Morant (Murray State)
Top scorer	Ja Morant (Murray State) (55 points)
Television	ESPN+/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Belmont	16	–	2		.889			27	–	6		.818
Murray State†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	5		.848
Jacksonville State	15	–	3		.833			24	–	9		.727
Austin Peay	13	–	5		.722			22	–	11		.667
Morehead State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	20		.394
Eastern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
UT Martin	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
SIU Edwardsville	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Eastern Kentucky	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Tennessee State	6	–	12		.333			9	–	21		.300
Southeast Missouri State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Tennessee Tech	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
† 2019 OVC tournament winner

The final featured the regular-season co-champions in Belmont and Murray State, with Murray State winning 77–65 and thus earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Belmont	16–2	1–0 vs. Murray State
2	Murray State	16–2	0–1 vs. Belmont
3	Jacksonville State	15–3
4	Austin Peay	13–5
5	Morehead State	8–10
6	Eastern Illinois	7–11
7	UT Martin	6–12	Combined 3–2 vs. SIU Edwardsville, EKU, & TSU
8	SIU Edwardsville	6–12	Combined 2–2 vs. UT Martin, EKU, & TSU, 1–0 vs. EKU

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 6
1	6:30 pm	No. 5 Morehead State vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville	72–68	ESPN+/ESPN3
2	8:30 pm	No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs No. 7 UT Martin	71–78	ESPN+/ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
3	6:30 pm	No. 4 Austin Peay vs No. 5 Morehead State	95–81	ESPN+/ESPN3
4	8:30 pm	No. 3 Jacksonville State vs No. 7 UT Martin	88–81	ESPN+/ESPN3
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
5	7:00 pm	No. 1 Belmont vs No. 4 Austin Peay	83–67	ESPNU
6	9:00 pm	No. 2 Murray State vs No. 3 Jacksonville State	76–74	ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 9
7	7:00 pm	No. 1 Belmont vs No. 2 Murray State	65–77	ESPN2
All game times in Central Time Zone.[1]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 6 ESPN+/ESPN3					Second round Thursday, March 7 ESPN+/ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 8 ESPNU					Championship Saturday, March 9 ESPN2
											1	Belmont	83
											4	Austin Peay	67
						4	Austin Peay	95
	5	Morehead State	72			5	Morehead State	81
	8	SIU Edwardsville	68													1	Belmont	65
																2	Murray State	77
											2	Murray State	76
											3	Jacksonville State	74
						3	Jacksonville State	88
	6	Eastern Illinois	71			7	UT Martin	81
	7	UT Martin	78