2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2017 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsJacksonville State (1st title)
Winning coachRay Harper (1st title)
MVPMalcolm Drumwright (Jacksonville State)
TelevisionOVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2016–17 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Belmont 15 1   .938 23 7   .767
Morehead State 10 6   .625 14 16   .467
Jacksonville State 9 7   .563 20 15   .571
Tennessee State 8 8   .500 17 13   .567
Tennessee Tech 8 8   .500 12 20   .375
Eastern Kentucky 5 11   .313 12 19   .387
West
UT Martin 10 6   .625 22 13   .629
Southeast Missouri St. 9 7   .563 15 18   .455
Murray State 8 8   .500 16 17   .485
Austin Peay 7 9   .438 11 19   .367
Eastern Illinois 6 10   .375 14 15   .483
SIU Edwardsville 1 15   .063 6 24   .200
2017 OVC tournament winner

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ "2017 OVC MBB Bracket" (PDF). OVCSports. Ohio Valley. Retrieved February 1, 2017.