1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams7
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteNashville Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee (5th title)
Winning coachBruce Stewart
MVPKeith Rawls (Austin Peay)
← 1988
1990 →
1988–89 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee 10 2   .833 23 8   .742
Murray State 10 2   .833 19 11   .633
Austin Peay 8 4   .667 18 12   .600
Morehead State 5 7   .417 15 16   .484
Eastern Kentucky 4 8   .333 7 22   .241
Tennessee Tech 3 9   .250 10 20   .333
Tennessee State 2 10   .167 4 24   .143
1989 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1989 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1988–89 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 7–9, 1989, on campus sites and at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Middle Tennessee defeated Austin Peay in the championship game, 82–79, to win their fifth OVC men's basketball tournament.

The Blue Raiders received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament as the #13 seed in the Southeast region.

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 7
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 8
Championship
Thursday, March 9
         
1 Middle Tennessee 81
5 Eastern Kentucky 64
4 Morehead State 50
5 Eastern Kentucky 63
1 Middle Tennessee 82
3 Austin Peay 79
3 Austin Peay 85
6 Tennessee Tech 84
3 Austin Peay 74
2 Murray State 65
2 Murray State 90
7 Tennessee State 71

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