The 2011
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament occurred March 2, 3, 4, and 5. All tournament games took place at
Nashville Municipal Auditorium in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Format
The format for the tournament was changed, beginning with the 2011 tournament. Seeding changed to a merit-based system where the No. 1 and 2 seeds receive a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds get a single bye to the quarterfinals (a system that has been used since
2003
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in the
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). The first round will match up the No. 5/8 and No. 6/7 seeds.
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18-game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The winner earned an automatic berth in the
2011 NCAA Tournament
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Seeds
Only eight Ohio Valley schools qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Ohio Valley Conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Through games of Feb. 26, 2011, the seeds are as follows after implementing tiebreakers:
Bracket
Outcome
Morehead St. defeated Tennessee Tech, 80–73 in the final of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in Nashville. They moved on to their second
NCAA tournament in the past three years and fourth overall. In the tournament, they upset
Louisville in the first round before losing to
Richmond in the second round. The favorite to face Morehead St. in the finals was the #1 seed and their top rival, Murray St., but they lost to Tennessee Tech in semifinals, 64–59.
References
External links
Official site of the Ohio Valley ConferenceOfficial site of the Ohio Valley Conference TournamentTournament Bracket
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