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2015 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2015 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	8
Site	Nashville Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	Belmont (2nd title)
Winning coach	Rick Byrd (2nd title)
MVP	Taylor Barnette (Belmont)
Television	OVCDN/ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2014–15 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Belmont †	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Eastern Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Morehead State	10	–	6	.625	17	–	17	.500
Jacksonville State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	19	.387
Tennessee Tech	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Tennessee State	2	–	14	.125	5	–	26	.161
West
Murray State	16	–	0	1.000	29	–	6	.829
UT Martin	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
Eastern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	18	–	15	.545
SIU Edwardsville	8	–	8	.500	12	–	16	.429
Southeast Missouri St.	7	–	9	.438	13	–	17	.433
Austin Peay	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267

† 2015 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1]

Format

The OVC tournament was an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two divisional winners receiving byes through to the semifinals.

The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earned a berth into the tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earned a bid, regardless of division. The No. 1 seed went to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically went to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams were seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Murray State	16–0	26–4
2	Eastern Kentucky	11–5	19–10
3	Belmont	11–5	19–10
4	Tennessee–Martin	10–6	18–11
5	Morehead State	10–6	15–16
6	Eastern Illinois	9–7	16–13
7	SIU Edwardsville	8–8	12–15
8	Southeast Missouri State	7–9	13–16

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 4 OVCDN			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 OVCDN			Semifinals Friday, March 6 ESPNU			Championship Saturday, March 7 ESPN2

						1	#25 Murray State	80
						5	Morehead State	77
			4	Tennessee–Martin	65
5	Morehead State	79	5	Morehead State	76
8	SE Missouri State	74							1	#25 Murray State	87
									3	Belmont	88


						2	Eastern Kentucky	52
						3	Belmont	53
			3	Belmont	97
6	Eastern Illinois	78	6	Eastern Illinois	64
7	SIU Edwardsville	66