List of Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball champions
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This is a list of regular season and tournament champions in men's basketball
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I Ohio Valley Conference
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(NCAA) Division I Ohio Valley Conference
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The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...
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Men's basketball conference champions
| Season | Regular Season Champion | Tournament Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Western Kentucky (8–2) | Western Kentucky |
| 1950 | Western Kentucky (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1951 | Murray State (9–3) | Murray State |
| 1952 | Western Kentucky (9–1) | Western Kentucky |
| 1953 | Eastern Kentucky (9–1) | Western Kentucky |
| 1954 | Western Kentucky (9–1) | Western Kentucky |
| 1955 | Western Kentucky (8–2) | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1956 | Morehead St/Tennessee Tech/Western Kentucky (7–3) | N/A |
| 1957 | Morehead St/Western Kentucky (9–1) | N/A |
| 1958 | Tennessee Tech (8–2) | N/A |
| 1959 | Eastern Kentucky (10–2) | N/A |
| 1960 | Western Kentucky (10–2) | N/A |
| 1961 | Morehead St/Western Kentucky/Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | N/A |
| 1962 | Western Kentucky (11–1) | N/A |
| 1963 | Tennessee Tech/Morehead St (8–4) | N/A |
| 1964 | Murray State (11–3) | Murray State |
| 1965 | Eastern Kentucky (13–1) | Western Kentucky |
| 1966 | Western Kentucky (14–0) | Western Kentucky |
| 1967 | Western Kentucky (13–1) | Tennessee Tech |
| 1968 | East Tennessee/Murray St (11–3) | N/A |
| 1969 | Murray St/Morehead St (11–3) | N/A |
| 1970 | Western Kentucky (14–0) | N/A |
| 1971 | Western Kentucky (12–2) | N/A |
| 1972 | Eastern Kentucky/Morehead St/Western Kentucky (9–5) | N/A |
| 1973 | Austin Peay (11–3) | N/A |
| 1974 | Austin Peay/Morehead St (10–4) | N/A |
| 1975 | Middle Tennessee (12–2) | Middle Tennessee |
| 1976 | Western Kentucky (11–3) | Western Kentucky |
| 1977 | Austin Peay (13–1) | Middle Tennessee |
| 1978 | Middle Tennessee/East Tennessee (10–4) | Western Kentucky |
| 1979 | Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1980 | Western Kentucky/Murray St (10–2) | Western Kentucky |
| 1981 | Western Kentucky (12–2) | Western Kentucky |
| 1982 | Murray St/Western Kentucky (13–3) | Middle Tennessee |
| 1983 | Murray State (11–3) | Morehead State |
| 1984 | Morehead State (12–2) | Morehead State |
| 1985 | Tennessee Tech (11–3) | Middle Tennessee |
| 1986 | Akron/Middle Tennessee (10–4) | Akron |
| 1987 | Middle Tennessee (11–3) | Austin Peay |
| 1988 | Murray State (13–1) | Murray State |
| 1989 | Middle Tennessee/Murray St (10–2) | Middle Tennessee |
| 1990 | Murray State (10–2) | Murray State |
| 1991 | Murray State (10–2) | Murray State |
| 1992 | Murray State (11–3) | Murray State |
| 1993 | Tennessee State (13–3) | Tennessee State |
| 1994 | Murray State (15–1) | Tennessee State |
| 1995 | Murray St/Tennessee St(11–5) | Murray State |
| 1996 | Murray State (12–4) | Austin Peay |
| 1997 | Murray St/Austin Peay (12–6) | Murray State |
| 1998 | Murray State (16–2) | Murray State |
| 1999 | Murray State (16–2) | Murray State |
| 2000 | Southeast Missouri/Murray St (14–4) | Southeast Missouri |
| 2001 | Tennessee Tech (13–3) | Eastern Illinois |
| 2002 | Tennessee Tech (15–1) | Murray State |
| 2003 | Austin Peay/Morehead St (13–3) | Austin Peay |
| 2004 | Austin Peay (16–0) | Murray State |
| 2005 | Tennessee Tech (12–4) | Eastern Kentucky |
| 2006 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 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... |
Murray State (17–3) | Murray State |
| 2007 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27 – March 3, 2007. 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. Eastern Kentucky won the... |
Austin Peay (16–4) | Eastern Kentucky |
| 2008 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–8, 2008. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game. The semifinals and finals will take place at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee... |
Austin Peay (16–4) | Austin Peay |
| 2009 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2009 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 3, 6, and 7, 2009. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game, and the semifinals and finals took place at Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee... |
Tennessee Martin (14–4) | Morehead State |
| 2010 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament -External links:***... |
Murray State (17–1) | Murray State |
| 2011 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament -Outcome:Morehead St. defeated Tennessee Tech, 80–73 in the final of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in Nashville. They will move on to their second NCAA tournament in the past three years and fourth overall... |
Murray State (14–4) | Morehead State |
| 2012 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will occur February 29 through March 3. All games will take place at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee..-Format:... |
Tournament championships by school
| School | # of Tournament Championships | Last Tournament Championship |
|---|---|---|
| Murray State Murray State University Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years... |
14 | 2010 |
| Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents WKU in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2009... † |
10 | 1981 |
| Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball The Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team is a college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, Kentucky. The basketball team has been competing in the Ohio Valley Conference since 1948. Home games are played at Alumni Coliseum, located on EKU's campus. The... |
5 | 2007 |
| Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference... † |
5 | 1989 |
| Austin Peay Austin Peay State University Austin Peay State University is a four-year public university located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .-History:... |
4 | 2008 |
| Morehead State Morehead State University Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S... |
4 | 2011 |
| Tennessee State Tennessee State University Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:... |
2 | 1994 |
| Tennessee Tech Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, US, a city approximately seventy miles east of Nashville. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute , and before that as Dixie College, the... |
1 | 1967 |
| Akron Akron Zips men's basketball The Akron Zips Men's Basketball team represents the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. The team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference East division. The team first played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1986 when Bob Huggins was their coach. The Zips are currently... † |
1 | 1986 |
| Southeast Missouri State Southeast Missouri State University Southeast Missouri State University, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, near the banks of the Mississippi River. The institution, having started as a normal school, has a traditional strength in teacher education... |
1 | 2000 |
| Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois Panthers The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in... |
1 | 2001 |
- †Former member of the OVC