Sports season
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]
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
–
1−0
1−1
1−1
2−0
1−0
1−1
1−1
0−2
0−2
1−1
1−1
vs. Belmont
0−1
–
0−2
1−1
0−2
1−1
0−2
0−1
0−2
0−2
0−2
0−2
vs. Eastern Illinois
1−1
2−0
–
2−0
1−0
1−0
0−2
2−0
1−1
1−1
1−1
2–0
vs. Eastern Kentucky
1–1
1−1
0−2
–
0−2
1−1
1−0
1−1
0–1
0−2
0–2
0−2
vs. Jacksonville State
0−2
2−0
0−1
2−0
–
2−0
0−2
0−1
0–1
0–2
0−2
0−2
vs. Morehead State
0−1
1−1
0−1
1−1
0−2
–
0−2
0−2
1–1
0–2
0−2
0–2
vs. Murray State
1−1
2−0
2−0
0−1
2−0
2−0
–
0–2
0−2
0−1
1−1
0−2
vs. SE Missouri State
1–1
1−0
0−2
1−1
1−0
2−0
2–0
–
0−2
0−2
1−1
2−0
vs. SIU Edwardsville
2−0
2−0
1−1
1–0
1–0
1–1
2−0
2−0
–
0−2
0−1
0–2
vs. Tennessee State
2−0
2−0
1−1
2−0
2–0
2–0
1−0
2−0
2−0
–
1−1
0−1
vs. Tennessee Tech
1−1
2–0
1−1
2−0
2−0
2−0
1−1
1−1
1−0
1−1
−
1−0
vs. UT Martin
1−1
2−0
0–2
2−0
2−0
2–0
2−0
0−2
2−0
1−0
0−1
–
Total
10−10
18−2
6−14
15−5
13−6
17−3
10−10
9−11
7−12
3−17
5−15
6−14
All-OVC 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
Teams
Championships and awards Seasons
