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
2010 tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams8
First round sitecampus sites
Semifinals siteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
Finals siteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMurray State University (14th title)
Winning coachBilly Kennedy (1st title)
MVPIsaiah Canaan (Murray State)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Murray State†17–1 .944  31–5  .861
Morehead State15–3 .833  24–11  .686
Eastern Illinois11–7 .611  19–12  .613
Austin Peay11–7 .611  17–15  .531
Eastern Kentucky11–7 .611  20–12  .625
Tennessee Tech8–10 .444  15–17  .469
Jacksonville State7–11 .389  11–19  .367
Tennessee State6–12 .333  9–23  .281
Southeast Missouri State3–15 .167  7–23  .233
UT Martin1–17 .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
#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
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