2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 2005–06 | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| First round site | Campus Sites | ||||
| Semifinals site |
Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
| Finals site |
Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Murray State Racers (13th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Mick Cronin (2nd title) | ||||
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The 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between February 28 – March 3, 2006. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Murray State won the tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Murray State drew a 14 seed, facing the 3 seed University of North Carolina.
Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals February 28 | Semifinals March 2 | Finals March 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UT-Martin | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville State | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Samford | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tennessee Tech | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Austin Peay | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tennessee Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Samford | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Samford | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tennessee State | 67 | ||||||||||||
Sources
- First Round Scores
- Second Round Scores
- Murray State Wins OVC Tourney, Advances to NCAA Tournament
- Murray State Draws UNC
References
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