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2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season
2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2018 ; through March 2019
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Champion	Belmont Bruins
League champions	Murray State Racers
Season MVP	Ja Morant
Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball seasons
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Belmont	16	–	2	.889	27	–	6	.818
Murray State†	16	–	2	.889	28	–	5	.848
Jacksonville State	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Austin Peay	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Morehead State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	20	.394
Eastern Illinois	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
UT Martin	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
SIU Edwardsville	6	–	12	.333	10	–	21	.323
Eastern Kentucky	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Tennessee State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	21	.300
Southeast Missouri State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Tennessee Tech	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258

† 2019 OVC tournament winner

The 2018–19 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concludes in February 2019. The season marked the 70th season of Ohio Valley Conference basketball.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source^[1]

Rank	Team
1	Belmont (8)
2	Murray State (9)
3	Jacksonville State (7)
4	Austin Peay
5	Tennessee Tech
6	Eastern Kentucky
7	Eastern Illinois
8	Tennessee State
9	Southeast Missouri State
10	Morehead State
11	UT Martin
12	SIU Edwardsville

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source^[1]

Award	Recipients
All-Conference Team	Shaq Buchanan (Murray State) Ledarrius Brewer (Southeast Missouri State) Jason Burnell (Jacksonville State) Christian Cunningham (Jacksonville State) Lamontray Harris (Morehead State) Fatood Lewis (UT Martin) Terrell Lewis (Eastern Illinois) Nick Mayo (Eastern Kentucky) Kevin McClain (Belmont) Ja Morant (Murray State) Terry Taylor (Austin Peay) Dylan Windler (Belmont)

OVC Preseason Player of the Year: Dylan Windler (Belmont)

Regular season

Conference matrix

Season summary & highlights

Conference regular season

Midseason watchlists

Postseason

Ohio Valley Tournament

Highlights

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

References

^ ^a ^b "Belmont Picked As 2018-19 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Bruins' Windler Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". Ohio Valley Conference. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

[:1-1] "Belmont Picked As 2018-19 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Bruins' Windler Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". Ohio Valley Conference. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

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