2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments
2009–10 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
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

2010 NCAA tournament
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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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