The Ohio Valley Conference regular season is done, and the teams are ready for the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts OVC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. It has been an exciting regular season, and we are shaping up for a great tournament.
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's team ends the season with an 18-12 record, 13-7 in the conference. That is enough for a third-place finish, and a first-round home game on Tuesday at the Eblen Center in Cookeville. We are facing the No. 6 seed, Southeast Missouri State at 7 pm CT. The Golden Eagles should pull off a victory, but anything can happen outside of the regular season.
The Tech women's team should be at home, but lost a road game against Murray State in Murray, Kentucky on Thursday. We led by seven with about half a minute left in regulation, but poor charity-line shooting and some good late offense by Murray tied the game at the end of regulation. Tech led halfway through the overtime period, but MSU came up with a late shot and our answer came up short. The final count showed Murray with a 80-79 victory over our Tech Golden Eagles. If the Eagles would have won this one, a home game in Cookevile on Tuesday. Now, we're on the road as the No. 5 seed and we'll travel to Birmingham, Alabama to face No. 4 Samford. This game is almost certainly a toss-up, and we are hoping that Tech will pull it out and head to the semifinal round at the Gaylord Center in Nashville.
Keep up to date with the OVC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament right here. We will record the winners and may have a brief story on the games after each round.
GO TECH!
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