2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2010 tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams8
First round sitecampus sites
Semifinals siteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
Finals siteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsMurray State (14th title)
Winning coachBilly Kennedy (1st title)
MVPIsaiah Canaan (Murray State)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2
2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Murray State171 .944315  .861
Morehead State153 .8332411  .686
Eastern Illinois117 .6111912  .613
Austin Peay117 .6111715  .531
Eastern Kentucky117 .6112012  .625
Tennessee Tech810 .4441517  .469
Jacksonville State711 .3891119  .367
Tennessee State612 .333923  .281
Southeast Missouri State315 .167723  .233
UT Martin117 .056425  .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
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