2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2020–21 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Morehead State (5th title) |
Winning coach | Preston Spradlin (1st title) |
MVP | Johni Broome (Morehead State) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ^ "2021 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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