Sports 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 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 [ edit ] The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 4, 2020.[2]
Preseason men's basketball coaches poll [ edit ] 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)
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Ohio Valley men's basketball weekly awards [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
Teams
Championships and awards Seasons