2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
Tournament
2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Belmont18–2 .90026–4  .867
Morehead State †17–3 .85023–8  .742
Eastern Kentucky15–5 .75022–7  .759
Jacksonville State13–6 .68418–9  .667
Austin Peay10–10 .50014–13  .519
Murray State10–10 .50013–13  .500
Southeast Missouri State9–11 .45011–16  .407
SIU Edwardsville7–12 .3689–17  .346
Eastern Illinois6–14 .3009–18  .333
UT Martin6–14 .3008–16  .333
Tennessee Tech5–15 .2505–22  .185
Tennessee State3–17 .1504–19  .174
† 2021 OVC tournament winner

The 2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and ended in March 2021.

This was the final season for Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State as OVC members. On January 29, 2021, the ASUN Conference announced that both schools would join that conference on July 1 of that year.[1]

Preseason Awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 4, 2020.[2]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

Rank Team
T1. Austin Peay (9)- 226
T1. Murray State (10)- 226
3. Belmont (5)- 214
4. Eastern Kentucky- 173
5. Eastern Illinois- 153
6. Tennessee State- 139
7. Jacksonville State- 124
8. Morehead State- 87
9. Tennessee Tech- 84
10. UT-Martin- 80
11. SIU Edwardsville- 48
12. Southeast Missouri State- 30
(first place votes)

Honors

Preseason All-OVC Team Jordyn Adams, Austin Peay
Tevin Brown, Murray State
Jomaru Brown, Eastern Kentucky
Jr. Clay, Tennessee Tech
Tre King, Eastern Kentucky
Carlos Marshall Jr., Tennessee State
Grayson Murphy, Belmont
Nick Muszynski, Belmont
Mack Smith, Eastern Illinois
Parker Stewart, UT Martin
Terry Taylor, Austin Peay
Josiah Wallace, Eastern Illinois
KJ Williams, Murray State

Conference matrix

  Austin Peay Belmont Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State Morehead State Murray State SE Missouri State SIU Edwardsville Tennessee State Tennessee Tech UT Martin
vs. Austin Peay –1−01−11−12−01−01−11−10−20−21−11−1
vs. Belmont 0−1–0−21−10−21−10−20−10−20−20−20−2
vs. Eastern Illinois 1−12−0–2−01−01−00−22−01−11−11−12–0
vs. Eastern Kentucky 1–11−10−2–0−21−11−01−10–10−20–20−2
vs. Jacksonville State 0−22−00−12−0–2−00−20−10–10–20−20−2
vs. Morehead State 0−11−10−11−10−2–0−20−21–10–20−20–2
vs. Murray State 1−12−02−00−12−02−0–0–20−20−11−10−2
vs. SE Missouri State 1–11−00−21−11−02−02–0–0−20−21−12−0
vs. SIU Edwardsville 2−02−01−11–01–01–12−02−0–0−20−10–2
vs. Tennessee State 2−02−01−12−02–02–01−02−02−0–1−10−1
vs. Tennessee Tech 1−12–01−12−02−02−01−11−11−01−1−1−0
vs. UT Martin 1−12−00–22−02−02–02−00−22−01−00−1–
Total 10−1018−26−1415−513−617−310−109−117−123−175−156−14

All-OVC awards

Ohio Valley men's basketball weekly awards

Week Player(s) of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School
Nov 30
Dec 7
Dec 14
Dec 21
Dec 28
Jan 4
Jan 11
Jan 18
Jan 25
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

References

  1. ↑ "ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport" (Press release). ASUN Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Austin Peay and Murray State Picked as 2020-21 OVC Men's Basketball Co-Favorites; Govs' Taylor Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year" ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
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