2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament


2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams8
SiteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsMorehead State (5th title)
Winning coachPreston Spradlin (1st title)
MVPJohni Broome (Morehead State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
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2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 18 – 2   .900 26 – 4   .867
Morehead State † 17 – 3   .850 23 – 8   .742
Eastern Kentucky 15 – 5   .750 22 – 7   .759
Jacksonville State 13 – 6   .684 18 – 9   .667
Austin Peay 10 – 10   .500 14 – 13   .519
Murray State 10 – 10   .500 13 – 13   .500
Southeast Missouri State 9 – 11   .450 11 – 16   .407
SIU Edwardsville 7 – 12   .368 9 – 17   .346
Eastern Illinois 6 – 14   .300 9 – 18   .333
UT Martin 6 – 14   .300 8 – 16   .333
Tennessee Tech 5 – 15   .250 5 – 22   .185
Tennessee State 3 – 17   .150 4 – 19   .174
† 2021 OVC tournament winner


The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 3 through March 6, 2021 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Belmont 18–2
2 Morehead State 17–3
3 Eastern Kentucky 15–5
4 Jacksonville State 13–6
5 Murray State 10–10
6 Austin Peay 10–10
7 Southeast Missouri State 9–11
8 SIUE 7–12

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 3
1 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 8 SIUE 78–61 ESPN+
2 9:30 pm No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Southeast Missouri State 61–54
First Round – Thursday, March 4
3 7:00 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Murray State 68–65OT ESPN+
4 9:30 pm No. 3 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 6 Austin Peay 70–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Jacksonville State 72–67 ESPNU
6 9:30 pm No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 3 Eastern Kentucky 67–64
Championship – Saturday, March 6
7 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Morehead State 71–86 ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.[1]

Bracket

First round
Wednesday & Thursday, March 3 & 4
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Friday, March 5
ESPNU 		Championship
Saturday, March 6
ESPN2
         
1 Belmont 78
8 SIU Edwardsville 61
1 Belmont 72
4 Jacksonville State 69
4 Jacksonville State 68*
5 Murray State 65
1 Belmont 71
2 Morehead State 86
2 Morehead State 61
7 Southeast Missouri State 54
2 Morehead State 67
3 Eastern Kentucky 64
3 Eastern Kentucky 70
6 Austin Peay 67

* denotes number of overtime periods

References

  1. ^ "2021 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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