1995 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament

| Year=1995

| Conference=Ohio Valley Conference

| Gender=Men's

| Image=

| ImageSize=175px

| Caption=

| Teams=7

| Arena = Nashville Municipal Auditorium

| City = Nashville, Tennessee

| Champions= Murray State

| TitleCount= 7th

| Coach= Scott Edgar

| CoachCount= 2nd

| MVP= Marcus Brown

| MVPTeam= Murray State

| Attendance=

}}

{{1994–95 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1995 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 1994–95 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 2–4, 1995, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Murray State defeated {{cbb link|year=1994|sex=none|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay}} in the championship game, 92–84, to win their 7th OVC men's basketball tournament.

The Racers received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament as the No. 15 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

Seven of the nine conference members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed (Tennessee State) receiving a bye to the semifinal round. The teams were re-seeded after the opening round. {{cbb link|1994|sex=men|team=Southeast Missouri State Redhawks|title=Southeast Missouri State}} and {{cbb link|1994|sex=men|team=UT Martin Skyhawks|title=UT Martin}} did not participate.

Bracket

{{8TeamBracket-reseed

| RD1 = Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 2

| RD2 = Semifinals
Wednesday, March 3

| RD3 = Championship
Thursday, March 4

| byes=1

| boldwinner=high

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3={{cbb link|1994|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|title=Tennessee Tech}}

| RD1-score3=78

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4={{cbb link|1994|sex=none|team=Austin Peay Governors|title=Austin Peay}}

| RD1-score4=83

| RD1-seed5=3

| RD1-team5={{cbb link|1994|team=Morehead State Eagles|title=Morehead State}}

| RD1-score5=74

| RD1-seed6=6

| RD1-team6={{cbb link|1994|sex=none|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}

| RD1-score6=85

| RD1-seed7=2

| RD1-team7=Murray State

| RD1-score7=75

| RD1-seed8=7

| RD1-team8={{cbb link|1994|team=Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|title=Middle Tennessee}}

| RD1-score8=67

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{cbb link|year=1994|sex=none|team=Tennessee State Tigers|title=Tennessee State}}

| RD2-score1=76

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-team2=Austin Peay

| RD2-score2=81

| RD2-seed3=6

| RD2-team3=Eastern Kentucky

| RD2-score3=72

| RD2-seed4=2

| RD2-team4=Murray State

| RD2-score4=78

| RD3-seed1=5

| RD3-team1=Austin Peay

| RD3-score1=84

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-team2=Murray State

| RD3-score2=92

}}

{{cite web |title=1994-95 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/ovc/1995.html |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=May 30, 2022}}

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