2020 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the final event of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 4 through March 7, 2020 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Belmont defeated Murray State in the championship game of the tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker
1Belmont15–33–0 vs TSU/EIU
2Murray State15–33–1 vs TSU/EIU
3Austin Peay14–4
4Eastern Kentucky12–6
5Tennessee State9–91–0 vs. Eastern Illinois
6Eastern Illinois9–90–1 vs. Tennessee State
7Jacksonville State8–10
8Morehead State7–11

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes number of overtime periods
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