2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
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
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
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.

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