2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season explained

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:12
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp Link:Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2021 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Mvp Link:2021 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:List of Ohio Valley men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Ohio Valley men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2019–20
Nextseason Year:2021–22

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 ended in March 2021.

This was the final season for Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State as OVC members. On January 29, 2021, the ASUN Conference announced that both schools would join that conference on July 1 of that year.[1]

Preseason Awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 4, 2020.[2]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

RankTeam
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 TeamJordyn 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

 style= width="75" Austin Peaystyle= width="75" Belmontstyle= width="75" Eastern Illinoisstyle= width="75" Eastern Kentuckystyle= width="75" Jacksonville Statestyle= width="75" Morehead Statestyle= width="75" Murray Statestyle= width="75" SE Missouri Statestyle= width="75" SIU Edwardsvillestyle= width="75" Tennessee Statestyle= width="75" Tennessee Techstyle= width="75" UT Martin
vs. Austin Peay– 1−01−11−12−01−01−11−10−20−21−11−1
vs. Belmont0−1– 0−21−10−21−10−20−10−20−20−20−2
vs. Eastern Illinois1−12−0– 2−01−01−00−22−01−11−11−12–0
vs. Eastern Kentucky1–11−10−2– 0−21−11−01−10–10−20–20−2
vs. Jacksonville State0−22−00−12−0– 2−00−20−10–10–20−20−2
vs. Morehead State0−11−10−11−10−2– 0−20−21–10–20−20–2
vs. Murray State1−12−02−00−12−02−0– 0–20−20−11−10−2
vs. SE Missouri State1–11−00−21−11−02−02–0– 0−20−21−12−0
vs. SIU Edwardsville2−02−01−11–01–01–12−02−0– 0−20−10–2
vs. Tennessee State2−02−01−12−02–02–01−02−02−0– 1−10−1
vs. Tennessee Tech1−12–01−12−02−02−01−11−11−01−1− 1−0
vs. UT Martin1−12−00–22−02−02–02−00−22−01−00−1–
Total10−1018−26−1415−513−617−310−109−117−123−175−156−14

All-OVC awards

Ohio Valley men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
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

Notes and References

  1. ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport . ASUN Conference . January 29, 2021 . January 29, 2021.
  2. http://ovcsports.com/news/2020/11/2/austin-peay-and-murray-state-picked-as-2020-21-ovc-mens-basketball-co-favorites-govs-taylor-tabbed-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx "Austin Peay and Murray State Picked as 2020-21 OVC Men's Basketball Co-Favorites; Govs' Taylor Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year"

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