2001 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
| 2001 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2000–01 |
| Teams | 8 |
| First round site | Campus Sites |
| Semifinals site | Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee |
| Finals site | Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville, Tennessee |
| Champions | Eastern Illinois (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Samuels (1st title) |
| MVP | Kyle Hill (Eastern Illinois) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois † | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee-Martin | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2001 Ohio Valley Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held February 27–March 3, 2001. 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.[2]
Second-seeded Eastern Illinois won the tournament, defeating Austin Peay in the championship game, and received the Ohio Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3] Kyle Hill of Eastern Illinois was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Format[edit]
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the regular season, teams were seeded by conference record.
Bracket[edit]
| Quarterfinals February 27 | Semifinals March 3 | Finals March 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UT Martin | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tennessee Tech | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southeast Missouri State | 70OT | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Austin Peay | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Eastern Illinois | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Murray State | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tennessee State | 100 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Murray State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Eastern Illinois | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Eastern Illinois | 102 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Morehead State | 80 | ||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ sports-reference.com 2000-01 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary
- ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). OVCSports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "2000-01 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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