2010 OVC Men's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaker Scenarios
Murray State (16-1) - Has clinched the #1 seed.
Morehead State (14-3) - Has clinched the #2 seed.
If Eastern Kentucky beats Murray State ... EKU is the No. 3 seed
If Eastern Kentucky/Austin Peay end up tied for No. 3 (at 11-7) ...
The teams split the season series 1-1.
The teams would be 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
Austin Peay would win tiebreaker by being 1-1 against No. 2 Morehead State (EKU 0-2)
If Eastern Kentucky/Eastern Illinois end up tied for No. 3 (at 11-7) ...
The teams split the season series 1-1.
The teams would be 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
Eastern Illinois would win tiebreaker by being 1-1 against No. 2 Morehead St. (EKU 0-2)
If Austin Peay/Eastern Illinois/Eastern Kentucky end up tied at No. 3 (11-7) ...
Each team would have a total composite record of 2-2 against the other teams.
The teams would each be 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
APSU and EIU would be 1-1 against the No. 2 seed (Morehead State) pulling them out of the tie and making EKU the No. 5 seed, leaving APSU/EIU in a 2-way tie.
Moving to APSU/EIU in a 2-way tie (after 3-way tie was broken) ...
Both teams would be 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
Both teams would be 1-1 against the No. 2 seed (Morehead State)
Both teams would be 1-1 against the No. 5 seed (Eastern Kentucky)
IF JSU is the No. 6 seed ...
Austin Peay would win tiebreaker by being 2-0 against JSU; EIU is 1-1
IF TTU is the No. 6 seed ...
Both teams would be 1-1 against TTU, moving to No. 7 seed
IF JSU is the No. 7 seed ...
Then Austin Peay would win the tiebreaker (2-0 vs. JSU)
The above APSU/EIU tiebreaker would also be in place if the two teams end up tied for 4th place (assuming EKU wins and takes 3rd by themselves)
The winner of the Jacksonville State/Tennessee Tech game is the No. 6 seed. The loser of that game will be the No. 7 seed IF Tennessee State loses at Eastern Illinois (in that case TSU is the No. 8 seed).
If Tennessee State beats Eastern Illinois they would be in a tie for 7th with the loser of the JSU/TTU game (7-11 records).
If TSU is tied with JSU ...
The teams split the season series 1-1.
Both teams were 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
Both teams were 0-2 against the No. 2 seed (Morehead State)
IF APSU is the No. 3 seed ...
TSU would win the tiebreaker by being 1-1 against APSU; JSU would be 0-2.
IF EKU is the No. 3 seed ...
JSU would win the tiebreaker by being 1-1 against EKU; TSU would be 0-2.
IF EIU is the No. 3 seed ...
Both teams would be 1-1 against EIU, moving then to whoever is No. 4
If TSU is tied with TTU ...
The teams split the season series 1-1.
Both teams were 0-2 against the No. 1 seed (Murray State)
Both teams were 0-2 against the No. 2 seed (Morehead State)
IF APSU is the No. 3 seed ...
Both teams would be 1-1 against APSU
IF EKU is the No. 3 seed ...
Both teams would be 0-2 against EKU
IF EIU is the No. 3 seed ...
Both teams would be 1-1 against EIU
The tiebreaker would then go to the No. 6 seed (JSU) ...
TSU would win the tiebreaker being 1-1 against JSU; TTU would be 0-2
