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2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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2010 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2010 tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
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
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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 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

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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

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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

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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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