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Aubrey Reese, senior, guard, Murray State
Jamie Roberts, junior, guard Tennessee State
Trenton Hassell, junior, forward, Austin Peay
Isaac Spencer, senior, forward, Murray State
Lee Nosse, junior, center, Middle Tennessee State
Player of the year
Trenton Hassell, junior, forward, Austin Peay
Newcomer of the year
Fernando Ortiz, junior, Middle Tennessee State
Top backcourts
1. Murray State
2. Tennessee Tech
3. Austin Peay
Top frontcourts
1. Middle Tennessee State
2. Southeast Missouri State
3. Murray State
Team on the rise
Tennessee Tech
Team on the fall
Tennessee State
Did you know?
In the last 12 years, Murray State has an .808 winning percentage (147-35) in the OVC's regular season and has won or shared 11 of the last 12 regular-season titles. The Racers haven't lost more than six games in the league since the 1986-87 season. They have won eight of the last 12 OVC Tournament titles.
In March, the OVC will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA South Regional at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Southeast Missouri State's William "Bud" Eley, the OVC Player of the Year last season, is now playing in Istanbul, Turkey.
Austin Peay's Trenton Hassell spent part of the summer at the Nike camp in Indianapolis as a counselor and he played against other top collegiate players during evening sessions before pro scouts.
Middle Tennessee's Fernando Ortiz, who played a key role for the Puerto Rican national team at the World University
Games, is one of four foreign players on the Blue Raiders' roster.
Three players from the OVC ranked among the top 20 nationally in 3-pointers made per game last season: Tennessee Tech's Josh Heard (3.6) was fourth, Tennessee State's Jamie Roberts (3.1) was 10th and Eastern Kentucky's Whitney Robinson (3.0) was 20th.
Morehead State's Erik Brown, the OVC scoring champion (19.3 ppg) last season as a freshman, transferred to Louisville.
Bret Campbell, a top assistant at Austin Peay under Dave Loos for the last seven years, is now the head coach at Tennessee-Martin.
Murray State has the nation's longest current home court winning streak, 43 games, dating to the last regular-season game of the 1995-96 season.
Southeast Missouri State reached the 20-victory plateau last season for the first time since joining Division I in 1991-92.
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