2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 2, 5, and 6, 2010. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game, and the semifinals and finals took place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The tournament was won by the #1 seed Murray State Racers, who received an automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
| 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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 2010 tournament logo | |
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2009–10 |
| Teams | 8 |
| First round site | campus sites |
| Semifinals site | Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee |
| Finals site | Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee |
| Champions | Murray State University (14th title) |
| Winning coach | Billy Kennedy (1st title) |
| MVP | Isaiah Canaan (Murray State) |
| Television | ESPNU, ESPN2 |
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments | |
| 2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2010 OVC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The winner earns an automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Had the #1 seed Murray State Racers failed to win the tournament, they would have received an automatic bid to the 2010 NIT.
Seeds
Only eight Ohio Valley schools will play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by 2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Through games of Feb. 17, 2010, the seeds would be as follows after implementing tiebreakers:
| Seed | School | Conf (Overall) | Tiebreaker |
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| #1 | Murray State | 16–0 (25–3) | |
| #2 | Morehead State | 13–3 (19–8) | |
| #3 | Eastern Kentucky | 10–6 (18–10) | 1–1 vs. APSU; 1–1 vs. EIU |
| #4 | Austin Peay | 9–6 (15–12) | 1–1 vs. EKU; 1–0 vs. EIU |
| #5 | Eastern Illinois | 9–7 (15–11) | 1–1 vs. EKU; 0–1 vs. APSU |
| #6 | Tennessee Tech | 7–9 (13–14) | 1–0 TTU |
| #7 | Jacksonville State | 7–10 (11–16) | 0–1 vs. TTU |
| #8 | Tennessee State | 5–11 (8–20) | |
| Southeast Missouri State | 3–13 (7–20) | ||
| Tennessee-Martin | 1–15 (4–22) | ||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 2 | Semifinals March 5 | Finals March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Tennessee State | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Murray State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Morehead State | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Austin Peay | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tennessee Tech | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tennessee Tech | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Morehead State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Morehead State | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Jacksonville State | 54 | ||||||||||||