The 2020 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the final event of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held March 4 through March 7, 2020 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Belmont defeated Murray State in the championship game of the tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive double byes to the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a single bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf. Tiebreaker1Belmont15–33–0 vs TSU/EIU2Murray State15–33–1 vs TSU/EIU3Austin Peay14–44Eastern Kentucky12–65Tennessee State9–91–0 vs. Eastern Illinois 6Eastern Illinois9–90–1 vs. Tennessee State7Jacksonville State8–108Morehead State7–11
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First Round – Wednesday, March 4 1 6:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee State vs. No. 8 Morehead State 74–67 OTESPN+ 2 8:30 pm No. 6 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 7 Jacksonville State 67–61 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 3 6:30 pm No. 4 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 5 Tennessee State 58–48ESPN+ 4 8:30 pm No. 3 Austin Peay vs. No. 6 Eastern Illinois 76–65 Semifinals – Friday, March 6 5 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 4 Eastern Kentucky 60–50ESPNU 6 9:00 pm No. 2 Murray State vs. No. 3 Austin Peay 73–61 Championship – Saturday, March 7 7 7:00 pm No. 1 Belmont vs. No. 2 Murray State 76–75 ESPN2 All game times in Central Time Zone.
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* denotes number of overtime periods
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