2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season

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 will conclude in March 2021.

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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Belmont14–0 1.000  20–1  .952
Morehead State12–2 .857  15–6  .714
Eastern Kentucky9–3 .750  15–4  .789
Jacksonville State8–5 .615  12–7  .632
Austin Peay7–6 .538  11–8  .579
Murray State6–7 .462  9–9  .500
SIU Edwardsville5–6 .455  7–10  .412
Southeast Missouri State5–8 .385  7–12  .368
UT Martin5–9 .357  7–11  .389
Eastern Illinois4–10 .286  7–14  .333
Tennessee Tech2–11 .154  2–18  .100
Tennessee State2–12 .143  3–14  .176
† 2021 OVC Tournament winner
As of February 8, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason Awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 4, 2020.[1]

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 –1−00−11−11−01−01−10−00−10−20−11−0
vs. Belmont 0−1–0−20−00−10−00−20−10−20−20−10−2
vs. Eastern Illinois 1−02−0–2−00−01−00−11−01−11−10−11–0
vs. Eastern Kentucky 1–10−00−2–0−21−11−00−00–10−00–10−1
vs. Jacksonville State 0−11−00−02−0–2−00−10−10–00–10−20−2
vs. Morehead State 0−10−00−11−10−2–0−20−21–00–00−20–1
vs. Murray State 1−12−01−00−11−02−0–0–10−00−10−10−1
vs. SE Missouri State 0–01−00−10−01−02−01–0–0−10−21−12−0
vs. SIU Edwardsville 1−02−01−11–00–00–10−01−0–0−20−00–1
vs. Tennessee State 2−02−01−10−01–00–01−02−02−0–1−00−1
vs. Tennessee Tech 1−01–01−01−02−02−01−01−10−00−1−1−0
vs. UT Martin 0−12−00–11−02−01–01−00−21−01−00−1–
Total 7−614−04−109−38−512−26−75−85−62−122−115−9

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. "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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