title: 1998 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # 1998 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The 1998 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held February 24–March 1, 1998. 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.
  
  Top-seeded Murray State won the tournament, defeating Tennessee State in the championship game, and received the Ohio Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. For the second consecutive year, Chad Townsend of Murray State was named the tournament's most valuable player.
  
  ## Format
  
  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
  
  | Quarterfinals February 24 | Quarterfinals February 24 | Quarterfinals February 24 | Semifinals February 28 | Semifinals February 28 | Semifinals February 28 | Finals March 1 | Finals March 1 | Finals March 1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Murray State | 84 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Tennessee Tech | 63 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Tennessee Tech | 63 | 1 | Murray State | 81 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Austin Peay | 56 | | | |
  | 4 | Austin Peay | 76 | 4 | Austin Peay | 56 | | | |
  | 5 | Southeast Missouri State | 46 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Southeast Missouri State | 46 | | | | 1 | Murray State | 92 |
  | | | | | | | 7 | Tennessee State | 69 |
  | 3 | Middle Tennessee | 61 | | | | | | | 7 | Tennessee State | 69 |
  | 6 | Eastern Kentucky | 49 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Eastern Kentucky | 49 | 3 | Middle Tennessee | 70 | | | |
  | | | | 7 | Tennessee State | 74 | | | |
  | 2 | Eastern Illinois | 79 | 7 | Tennessee State | 74 | | | |
  | 7 | Tennessee State | 84 | | | | | | |
  