2020 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2020 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Ford Center Evansville, Indiana |
Champions | Belmont (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Casey Alexander (1st title) |
MVP | Nick Muszynski (Belmont) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIU Edwardsville | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 OVC tournament winner |
The 2020 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 4 through March 7, 2020 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Belmont defeated Murray State in the championship game of the tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]
Seeds
[edit]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. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Belmont | 15–3 | 3–0 vs TSU/EIU |
2 | Murray State | 15–3 | 3–1 vs TSU/EIU |
3 | Austin Peay | 14–4 | |
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 12–6 | |
5 | Tennessee State | 9–9 | 1–0 vs. Eastern Illinois |
6 | Eastern Illinois | 9–9 | 0–1 vs. Tennessee State |
7 | Jacksonville State | 8–10 | |
8 | Morehead State | 7–11 |
Schedule
[edit]Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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First Round – Wednesday, March 4 | ||||
1 | 6:30 pm | No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 Morehead State | 74–67 OT | ESPN+ |
2 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 7 Jacksonville State | 67–61 | |
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 | ||||
3 | 6:30 pm | No. 4 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 5 Tennessee State | 58–48 | ESPN+ |
4 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Austin Peay vs. No. 6 Eastern Illinois | 76–65 | |
Semifinals – Friday, March 6 | ||||
5 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Eastern Kentucky | 60–50 | ESPNU |
6 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Murray State vs. No. 3 Austin Peay | 73–61 | |
Championship – Saturday, March 7 | ||||
7 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Murray State | 76–75 | ESPN2 |
All game times in Central Time Zone.[2][3] |
Bracket
[edit]First round Wednesday, March 4 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 6 ESPNU | Championship Saturday, March 7 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Belmont | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Kentucky | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Tennessee State | 74* | 5 | Tennessee State | 48 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Morehead State | 67 | 1 | Belmont | 76 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Austin Peay | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Austin Peay | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Eastern Illinois | 67 | 6 | Eastern Illinois | 65 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Jacksonville State | 61 |
* denotes number of overtime periods
Source[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Murray State vs. Belmont - Game Recap - March 7, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "2020 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "- College Basketball 2020 Ohio Valley Tournament". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.