2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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.

2021 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Morehead State (5th title)
Winning coach	Preston Spradlin (1st title)
MVP	Johni Broome (Morehead State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Belmont	18	–	2		.900			26	–	4		.867
Morehead State †	17	–	3		.850			23	–	8		.742
Eastern Kentucky	15	–	5		.750			22	–	7		.759
Jacksonville State	13	–	6		.684			18	–	9		.667
Austin Peay	10	–	10		.500			14	–	13		.519
Murray State	10	–	10		.500			13	–	13		.500
Southeast Missouri State	9	–	11		.450			11	–	16		.407
SIU Edwardsville	7	–	12		.368			9	–	17		.346
Eastern Illinois	6	–	14		.300			9	–	18		.333
UT Martin	6	–	14		.300			8	–	16		.333
Tennessee Tech	5	–	15		.250			5	–	22		.185
Tennessee State	3	–	17		.150			4	–	19		.174
† 2021 OVC tournament winner

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.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Belmont	18–2
2	Morehead State	17–3
3	Eastern Kentucky	15–5
4	Jacksonville State	13–6
5	Murray State	10–10
6	Austin Peay	10–10
7	Southeast Missouri State	9–11
8	SIUE	7–12

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 3
1	7:00 pm	No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 8 SIUE	78–61	ESPN+
2	9:30 pm	No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 7 Southeast Missouri State	61–54
First Round – Thursday, March 4
3	7:00 pm	No. 4 Jacksonville State vs. No. 5 Murray State	68–65OT	ESPN+
4	9:30 pm	No. 3 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 6 Austin Peay	70–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
5	7:00 pm	No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Jacksonville State	72–67	ESPNU
6	9:30 pm	No. 2 Morehead State vs. No. 3 Eastern Kentucky	67–64
Championship – Saturday, March 6
7	7:00 pm	No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Morehead State	71–86	ESPN2
All game times in Central Time.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday & Thursday, March 3 & 4 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 5 ESPNU					Championship Saturday, March 6 ESPN2
	1	Belmont	78
	8	SIU Edwardsville	61
						1	Belmont	72
						4	Jacksonville State	69
	4	Jacksonville State	68*
	5	Murray State	65
											1	Belmont	71
											2	Morehead State	86
	2	Morehead State	61
	7	Southeast Missouri State	54
						2	Morehead State	67
						3	Eastern Kentucky	64
	3	Eastern Kentucky	70
	6	Austin Peay	67

* denotes number of overtime periods