Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams	11
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Enterprise Center
Current location	St. Louis, Missouri
Played	1977–present
Last contest	2026
Current champion	Northern Iowa
Most championships	Creighton (12)
Official website	Missouri Valley Conference

The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, commonly called Arch Madness, is an annual basketball tournament which features the men's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Conference member universities. The tournament, held in St. Louis since 1991, determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Arch Madness celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020.

The tournament is the second longest running tournament in NCAA Division I to continuously be held in one city, next to the Big East men's basketball tournament.^[a]

Tournament champions by year

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Tournament MVP	Location
1977	Southern Illinois	82–69	West Texas State	None Selected	Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1978	Creighton	54–52	Indiana State		Omaha Civic Auditorium (Omaha, Nebraska)
1979	Indiana State	69–59	New Mexico State		Hulman Center (Terre Haute, Indiana)
1980	Bradley	62–59	West Texas State		Robertson Memorial Field House (Peoria, Illinois)
1981	Creighton	70–64	Wichita State		Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1982	Tulsa	90–77	Illinois State		Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1983	Illinois State	84–64	Tulsa		Horton Fieldhouse (Normal, Illinois)
1984	Tulsa	70–68 ^OT	Creighton		Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1985	Wichita State	84–82	Tulsa
1986	Tulsa	74–58	Bradley	Brian Rahilly, Tulsa
1987	Wichita State	79–74 ^OT	Tulsa	Gary Cundiff, Wichita State
1988	Bradley	83–59	Illinois State	Hersey Hawkins, Bradley	Carver Arena (Peoria, Illinois)
1989	Creighton	79–77	Southern Illinois	Chad Gallagher, Creighton	Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1990	Illinois State	81–78	Southern Illinois	Rickey Jackson, Illinois State	Redbird Arena (Normal, Illinois)
1991	Creighton	68–52	Southwest Missouri State	Bob Harstad, Creighton	Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Missouri)
1992	Southwest Missouri State	71–68	Tulsa	Jackie Crawford, Southwest Missouri State	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
1993	Southern Illinois	70–59	Illinois State	Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois
1994	Southern Illinois	77–74	Northern Iowa	Cam Johnson, Northern Iowa
1995	Southern Illinois	77–62	Tulsa	Chris Carr, Southern Illinois	Kiel Center/ Savvis Center/ Scottrade Center/ Enterprise Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1996	Tulsa	60–46	Bradley	Shea Seals, Tulsa
1997	Illinois State	75–72	Southwest Missouri State	Rico Hill, Illinois State
1998	Illinois State	84–74	Southwest Missouri State	Dan Muller, Illinois State
1999	Creighton	70–61	Evansville	Rodney Buford, Creighton
2000	Creighton	57–45	Southwest Missouri State	Ryan Sears, Creighton
2001	Indiana State	69–63	Bradley	Michael Menser, Indiana State
2002	Creighton	84–76	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton
2003	Creighton	80–56	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton
2004	Northern Iowa	79–74 ^2OT	Southwest Missouri State	Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
2005	Creighton	75–57	Southwest Missouri State	Johnny Mathies, Creighton
2006	Southern Illinois	59–46	Bradley	Randal Falker, Southern Illinois
2007	Creighton	67–61	Southern Illinois	Nate Funk, Creighton
2008	Drake	79–49	Illinois State	Adam Emmenecker, Drake
2009	Northern Iowa	60–57 ^OT	Illinois State	Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
2010	Northern Iowa	67–52	Wichita State	Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa
2011	Indiana State	60–56	Missouri State	Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State
2012	Creighton	83–79 ^OT	Illinois State	Doug McDermott, Creighton
2013	Creighton	68–65	Wichita State	Doug McDermott, Creighton
2014	Wichita State	83–69	Indiana State	Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
2015	Northern Iowa	69–60	Illinois State	Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
2016	Northern Iowa	56–54	Evansville	Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
2017	Wichita State	71–51	Illinois State	Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
2018	Loyola Chicago	65–49	Illinois State	Donte Ingram, Loyola Chicago
2019	Bradley	57–54	Northern Iowa	Elijah Childs, Bradley
2020	Bradley	80–66	Valparaiso	Darrell Brown, Bradley
2021	Loyola Chicago	75–65	Drake	Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago
2022	Loyola Chicago	64–58	Drake	Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
2023	Drake	77–51	Bradley	Tucker DeVries, Drake
2024	Drake	84–80	Indiana State	Tucker DeVries, Drake
2025	Drake	63–48	Bradley	Bennett Stirtz, Drake
2026	Northern Iowa	84–69	UIC	Trey Campbell, Northern Iowa

Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990);
Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.

Venue notes: Enterprise Center was known as Kiel Center (1994–2000), Savvis Center (2000–06), and Scottrade Center (2006–18).

Tournament championships by school

School	Championships	Championship Years
Creighton ^†	12	1978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Northern Iowa	6	2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2026
Southern Illinois	5	1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006
Tulsa ^†	4	1982, 1984, 1986, 1996
Illinois State	4	1983, 1990, 1997, 1998
Wichita State ^†	4	1985, 1987, 2014, 2017
Bradley	4	1980, 1988, 2019, 2020
Drake	4	2008, 2023, 2024, 2025
Indiana State	3	1979, 2001, 2011
Loyola Chicago ^†	3	2018, 2021, 2022
Missouri State ^†	1	1992
New Mexico State ^†	0
West Texas State ^†	0
Evansville	0
Valparaiso	0
Belmont	0
UIC	0
Murray State	0

^† Former conference member

Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990);
Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.

Postseason History Multiple Bids

**NCAA tournament**
Year	MVC Teams
1979	(1) Indiana State	(10) New Mexico State
1981	(6) Wichita State	(8) Creighton
1984	(4) Tulsa	(8) Illinois State
1985	(6) Tulsa	(9) Illinois State	(11) Wichita State
1986	(7) Bradley	(10) Tulsa
1987	(11) Tulsa	(11) Wichita State
1988	(9) Bradley	(12) Wichita State
1994	(11) Southern Illinois	(12) Tulsa
1995	(6) Tulsa	(10) Southern Illinois
1996	(8) Bradley	(11) Tulsa
1999	(10) Creighton	(11) Evansville	(12) Southwest Missouri State
2000	(10) Creighton	(12) Indiana State
2001	(10) Creighton	(13) Indiana State
2002	(11) Southern Illinois	(12) Creighton
2003	(6) Creighton	(11) Southern Illinois
2004	(9) Southern Illinois	(14) Northern Iowa
2005	(7) Southern Illinois	(10) Creighton	(11) Northern Iowa
2006	(7) Wichita State	(10) Northern Iowa	(11) Southern Illinois	(13) Bradley
2007	(4) Southern Illinois	(10) Creighton
2012	(5) Wichita State	(8) Creighton
2013	(7) Creighton	(9) Wichita State
2015	(5) Northern Iowa	(7) Wichita State
2016	(11) Northern Iowa	(11) Wichita State
2021	(8) Loyola Chicago	(11) Drake

Broadcasters

Television

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst	Sideline
2026	CBS	Kevin Harlan	Robbie Hummel	Evan Washburn
2025			Dan Bonner
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020				John Schriffen
2019				Melanie Collins
2018				John Schriffen
2017				John Schriffen
2016				Evan Washburn
2015		Verne Lundquist	Jim Spanarkel	Allie LaForce
2014		Kevin Harlan	Dan Bonner
2013		Tim Brando	Bill Raftery
2012^[1]		Tim Brando	Mike Gminski
2011		Ian Eagle	Jim Spanarkel
2010^[2]		Dick Enberg	Bill Raftery
2009^[3]			Bob Wenzel
2008^[4]			Bob Wenzel
2007^[5]		Gus Johnson	Clark Kellogg
2006^[6]		Dick Enberg	Clark Kellogg
2005^[7]	ESPN	Dave Barnett	Tim McCormick
2004		Bob Carpenter	Jimmy Dykes
2003^[8]			Jimmy Dykes
2002
2001			Jimmy Dykes
2000			Larry Conley
1999^[9]		Joel Meyers	Larry Conley
1998^[10]		Ron Franklin	Jimmy Dykes
1997^[11]			Jon Sundvold
1996^[12]			Jimmy Dykes
1995^[13]		Doug Bell	Reggie Theus
1994		Ron Franklin	Terry Holland
1993^[14]		Barry Tompkins	Larry Conley
1992		Barry Tompkins	Jon Albright
1991		John Paul Dellacamera	Greg Sterrick
1990^[15]			Jon Albright
1989			Jim Gibbons
1988^[16]		Wayne Larrivee	Mike Pratt
1987
1986			Larry Conley
1985
1984
1983^[17]	CBS	Verne Lundquist	Irv Brown
1982	NBC
1981	ESPN
1980	NBC
1979	NBC
1978
1977

Radio

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst
2025	Westwood One
2024
2023		Ted Emrich	Jon Crispin
2022		John Sadak	Fran Fraschilla
2021	KTRS 550	Martin Kilcoyne, Harry Schoreder, Brendan Wiese	Kevin Lehman, Rich Zvosec
2020		Brendan Wiese
2019		Brendan Wiese
2016	Westwood One	Chris Carrino	Kevin Grevey
2015		Tom McCarthy	Bill Frieder
2014		Wayne Larrivee	Bill Frieder
2013^[18]	Dial Global Sports	Dave Ryan	Pete Gillen
2012^[19]	Dial Global Sports	Wayne Larrivee	Kyle Macy
2009^[20]	Westwood One	Kevin Kugler	Reid Gettys
2007^[21]	Westwood One	Kevin Kugler	Pete Gillen

Notes

↑ The Big East did not conclude their 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Valley does not attempt to claim the longest running title due to the circumstances surrounding the pandemic.

References

↑ "Viacom CBS Press Express".
↑ "Viacom CBS Press Express".
↑ "Viacom CBS Press Express".
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↑ "What to Watch: College basketball lovers rejoice". Retrieved 2009-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Creighton Commentary: 2003 MVC Tournament Final Creighton vs Southern Illinois Rewatch". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
↑ "Championship Week Coverage Page 2". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
↑ "1998 Missouri State vs ISU 3-2-1998 Valley Champs". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ "1997 SouthWest Missouri St vs ISU 3-3-1997 MVC Championship". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ "Bradley vs Southwest Missouri State Part 3 1996 MVC Tournament". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
↑ "1995-03-06 - MVC Tourney - SIU 77 vs Tulsa 62". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
↑ "1993 03-08 SIU 70 Illinois St. 59 (MVC Tournament) (Telecast open)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
↑ "1990 ESPN SIU vs ISU MVC Champs 3-6-1990". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
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[1] The Big East did not conclude their 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Valley does not attempt to claim the longest running title due to the circumstances surrounding the pandemic.

[2] "Viacom CBS Press Express".

[3] "Viacom CBS Press Express".

[4] "Viacom CBS Press Express".

[5] "College hoops on CBS: March to madness continues". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2019-08-15.

[6] "What to Watch: College basketball lovers rejoice". Retrieved 2009-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] ttp://the506.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1233095726^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Creighton Commentary: 2003 MVC Tournament Final Creighton vs Southern Illinois Rewatch". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[10] "Championship Week Coverage Page 2". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

[11] "1998 Missouri State vs ISU 3-2-1998 Valley Champs". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[12] "1997 SouthWest Missouri St vs ISU 3-3-1997 MVC Championship". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[13] "Bradley vs Southwest Missouri State Part 3 1996 MVC Tournament". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[14] "1995-03-06 - MVC Tourney - SIU 77 vs Tulsa 62". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[15] "1993 03-08 SIU 70 Illinois St. 59 (MVC Tournament) (Telecast open)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[16] "1990 ESPN SIU vs ISU MVC Champs 3-6-1990". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[17] "1988 MVC Conference Finals - Illinois State Redbirds @ Bradley Braves". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[18] ttp://the506.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1227880878^{[permanent dead link]}

[19] "Conference Championship Week on Dial Global Sports! | Dial Global Sports". Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[20] "MVC Championship Highlights: Creighton 83 – Illinois State 79 F/OT | Westwood One SportsWestwood One Sports". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-28.

[21] ttp://images.westwoodone.com/images/pdf/pressreleases/2009NCAAChampionshipWeek.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

[22] ttp://images.westwoodone.com/images/pdf/2007%20NCAA%20BB%20Conference%20Championships.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

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