2010 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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men's basketball tournament took place March 2, 5, and 6, 2010. The first round was hosted by the better seed in each game, and the semifinals and finals took place at
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. The tournament was won by the #1 seed
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, who received an automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA tournament.


Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The winner earns an automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA tournament. Had #1 seed Murray State failed to win the tournament, they would have received an automatic bid to the 2010 NIT.


Seeds

Only eight Ohio Valley schools will play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Through games of Feb. 17, 2010, the seeds would be as follows after implementing tiebreakers:


Bracket


External links


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Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament This is a list of regular season and tournament champions in men's basketball of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference. Men's basketball conference champions The Ohio Valley Conference basketball tournament was held in Louisville from 1949 ...