2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2021
| Conference=Ohio Valley Conference
| Gender=Men's
| Image=
| ImageSize=175px
| Caption=
| Teams=8
| Arena = Ford Center
| City = Evansville, Indiana
| Champions= Morehead State
| TitleCount= 5th
| Coach= Preston Spradlin
| CoachCount= 1st
| MVP= Johni Broome
| MVPTeam= Morehead State
| Attendance=
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=
| TopScorerTeam=
| TopScorer2=
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| Points=
| Television = ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
}}
{{2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 3 through March 6, 2021 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Seeds
Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conf. !Tiebreaker |
| 1
|align=left|Belmont |18–2 |align=left| |
| 2
|align=left|Morehead State |17–3 |align=left| |
| 3
|align=left|Eastern Kentucky |15–5 | |
| 4
|align=left|Jacksonville State |13–6 | |
| 5
|align=left|Murray State |10–10 |align=left| |
| 6
|align=left|Austin Peay |10–10 |align=left| |
| 7
|align=left|Southeast Missouri State |9–11 |align=left| |
| 8
|align=left|SIUE |7–12 |align=left| |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
! Game ! Time ! Matchup ! Score ! Television |
| colspan=5 | First Round – Wednesday, March 3 |
|---|
| 1
| 7:00 pm |No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 8 SIUE | 78–61 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 2
| 9:30 pm |No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Southeast Missouri State | 61–54 |
| colspan=5 | First Round – Thursday, March 4 |
| 3
| 7:00 pm | No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Murray State | 68–65OT |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 4
| 9:30 pm | No. 3 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 6 Austin Peay | 70–67 |
| colspan=5 | Semifinals – Friday, March 5 |
| 5
| 7:00 pm |No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Jacksonville State | 72–67 |rowspan=2|ESPNU |
| 6
| 9:30 pm | No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 3 Eastern Kentucky | 67–64 |
| colspan=5 | Championship – Saturday, March 6 |
| 7
| 7:00 pm | No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Morehead State |71–86 | ESPN2 |
| colspan=5 | All game times in Central Time.{{Cite web|url=http://ovcsports.com/feature/evansville2021|title=2021 OVC Men's & Women's Basketball Championship - Ohio Valley Conference|website=ovcsports.com|language=en|access-date=2021-02-21}} |
Bracket
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
Wednesday & Thursday, March 3 & 4
ESPN+
| RD2=Semifinals
Friday, March 5
ESPNU
| RD3=Championship
Saturday, March 6
ESPN2
| score-width=35px
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Belmont
| RD1-score1=78
| RD1-seed2=8
| RD1-team2=SIU Edwardsville
| RD1-score2=61
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3=Jacksonville State
| RD1-score3=68*
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-team4=Murray State
| RD1-score4=65
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team5=Morehead State
| RD1-score5=61
| RD1-seed6=7
| RD1-team6=Southeast Missouri State
| RD1-score6=54
| RD1-seed7=3
| RD1-team7=Eastern Kentucky
| RD1-score7=70
| RD1-seed8=6
| RD1-team8=Austin Peay
| RD1-score8=67
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Belmont
| RD2-score1=72
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Jacksonville State
| RD2-score2=69
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team3=Morehead State
| RD2-score3=67
| RD2-seed4=3
| RD2-team4=Eastern Kentucky
| RD2-score4=64
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Belmont
| RD3-score1=71
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Morehead State
| RD3-score2=86
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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