2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams12
Regular season
Tournament
2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Belmont 18 2   .900 26 4   .867
Morehead State 17 3   .850 23 8   .742
Eastern Kentucky 15 5   .750 22 7   .759
Jacksonville State 13 6   .684 18 9   .667
Austin Peay 10 10   .500 14 13   .519
Murray State 10 10   .500 13 13   .500
Southeast Missouri State 9 11   .450 11 16   .407
SIU Edwardsville 7 12   .368 9 17   .346
Eastern Illinois 6 14   .300 9 18   .333
UT Martin 6 14   .300 8 16   .333
Tennessee Tech 5 15   .250 5 22   .185
Tennessee State 3 17   .150 4 19   .174
2021 OVC tournament winner

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.