2025 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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| 2025 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
| Champions | SIU Edwardsville (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Brian Barone (1st title) |
| MVP | Ray'Sean Taylor (SIU Edwardsville) |
| Attendance | 5,404 |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville † | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Little Rock | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lindenwood* | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Indiana* | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 OVC tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 5–8, 2025 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The tournament winner, SIU Edwardsville, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]
Because Southern Indiana and Lindenwood are ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the tournament runner-up if either wins the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. If that team is also not eligible, i.e. both ineligible teams met in the tournament final, the automatic bid goes to the higher-seeded tournament-eligible semifinal loser.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southeast Missouri State | 15–5 | |
| 2 | SIU Edwardsville | 13–7 | |
| 3 | Tennessee State | 12–8 | 2–0 vs. Little Rock |
| 4 | Little Rock | 12–8 | 0–2 vs. Tennessee State |
| 5 | Tennessee Tech | 10–10 | 3–1 vs. Lindenwood/Morehead State |
| 6 | Lindenwood | 10–10 | 2–2 vs. Tennessee Tech/Morehead State |
| 7 | Morehead State | 10–10 | 1–3 vs. Tennessee Tech/Lindenwood |
| 8 | UT Martin | 9–11 | |
| DNQ | Eastern Illinois | 8–12 | |
| DNQ | Western Illinois | 6–14 | |
| DNQ | Southern Indiana | 5–15 |
Schedule
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, March 5 | ||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 8 UT Martin | 67–70 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Lindenwood vs. No. 7 Morehead State | 73–65 | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 6 | ||||
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Little Rock vs. No. 8 UT Martin | 82–77 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Lindenwood | 69–55 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 7 | ||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 4 Little Rock | 78–59 | ESPNU |
| 6 | 9:30 pm | No. 2 SIU Edwardsville vs. No. 3 Tennessee State | 71–69 | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 8 | ||||
| 7 | 8:00 pm | No. 1 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 2 SIU Edwardsville | 48–69 | ESPN2 |
| All game times in CST.[3] | ||||