2021 OVC Tournament

The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will be held March 3-6 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

It marks the fourth-straight year the event will be held at the venue. The Ford Center, which opened in 2011, is a 11,000-seat arena located in the core of Evansville’s downtown district. The 290,000-square foot facility serves as home of the Evansville Thunderbolts of the Southern Professional Hockey League and the Indiana Freebirds of the National Gridiron League (NGL). The Ford Center has serves as host to numerous sporting events and concerts on an annual basis.

The top eight men’s and women’s teams, based upon Conference winning percentage, automatically earn access to the OVC Basketball Championship presented by Kentucky Wild. The OVC Basketball Championships feature 14 games of basketball action spanning four days as teams compete to capture the OVC title and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The opening rounds of the 2021 OVC Basketball Championships begin on Wednesday, March 3. The championship games will be played on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

First Round: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Game 1: #5 Seed vs. #8 Seed, TBA Game 2: #6 Seed vs. #7 Seed, TBA

First Round: Thursday, March 4, 2021 Game 3: #4 Seed vs. Winner of Game 1, TBA Game 4: #3 Seed vs. Winner of Game 2, TBA

Semifinals: Friday, March 5, 2021 Game 5: #1 Seed vs. Winner Game 3, TBA Game 6: #2 Seed vs. Winner Game 4, TBA

Championship: Saturday, March 6, 2021 Game 7: Semifinal Winners, TBA