2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's 2010OVCbasketballchampionship.jpg 250px 2010 tournament logo 8 campus sites Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee Murray State 14th Billy Kennedy 1st Isaiah Canaan Murray State ESPNU, ESPN2 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: SeedSchoolConf (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 high 1 Murray State 84 8 2009 none Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee State 51 4 2009 Eastern Illinois Panthers Eastern Illinois 68 5 Eastern Kentucky 61 3 2009 none Austin Peay Governors Austin Peay 65 6 2009 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tennessee Tech 68 2 Morehead State 87 7 2009 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State 54 1 Murray State 55 4 Eastern Illinois 51 6 Tennessee Tech 47 2 Morehead State 76 1 Murray State 62 2 Morehead State 51 External links Official site of the Ohio Valley Conference Official site of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament Tournament Bracket Tournament Category:Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Nashville, Tennessee Category:College basketball tournaments in Tennessee Category:2010 in Nashville, Tennessee Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament