2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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 (14th title)
Winning coach	Billy Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Isaiah Canaan (Murray State)
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2
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2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

The 2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament took place 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, who received an automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA tournament.

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 #1 seed Murray State 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 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

External links

• Official site of the Ohio Valley Conference
• Official site of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament
• Tournament Bracket