2025 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
| 2025 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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 Tournament logo | |
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Site | Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri |
| Champions | Drake (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Ben McCollum (1st title) |
| Television | CBS, CBSSN, MVC TV Network/ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake † | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 28 | – | 9 | .757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 15 | – | 19 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 MVC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2024–25 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 6–9, 2025. The winner, Drake, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
[edit]Teams are seeded by conference record.
Two-way ties are broken by utilizing head-to-head record; should a tie still remain, the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings the day following all conference teams having completed their regular season will be used.
Three (or more) way ties are broken by first determining the cumulative record for each tied team versus the other teams with the same conference record. Should any teams still remain tied (and there are more than two), the cumulative record would again be used on those remaining teams; should any teams still remain (and there are only two), the two-way approach would be leveraged.
The top four seeds receive opening-round byes.[1] Since none of the ties in the standings could be broken using head-to-head records, they were all resolved using NET rankings as of March 3, 2025,[2] the day following the end of regular-season conference play.
| Seed | School | Conference Record |
Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | 17–3 | |
| 2 | Bradley | 15–5 | |
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 14–6 | |
| 4 | Belmont | 13–7 | |
| 5 | Illinois State | 10–10 | NET ranking of 123 |
| 6 | UIC | 10–10 | NET ranking of 145 |
| 7 | Murray State | 9–11 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois | 8–12 | NET ranking of 197 |
| 9 | Indiana State | 8–12 | NET ranking of 203 |
| 10 | Evansville | 8–12 | NET ranking of 243 |
| 11 | Valparaiso | 6–14 | |
| 12 | Missouri State | 2–18 |
Schedule
[edit]| Game | Time * | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Round – Thursday, March 6 | ||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Southern Illinois vs. No. 9 Indiana State | 86–85 | MVC TV Network/ ESPN+ |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Illinois State vs. No. 12 Missouri State | 70–54 | |
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Murray State vs. No. 10 Evansville | 74–53 | |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 UIC vs. No. 11 Valparaiso | 50–67 | |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7 | ||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 8 Southern Illinois | 70–53 | MVC TV Network/ ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Belmont vs. No. 5 Illinois State | 76–63 | |
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Bradley vs. No. 7 Murray State | 70–62 | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 11 Valparaiso | 63–64 | |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 8 | ||||
| 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Belmont | 57–50 | CBSSN |
| 10 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 Bradley vs. No. 11 Valparaiso | 70–65 | |
| Championship – Sunday, March 9 | ||||
| 11 | 1:15 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 2 Bradley | 63–48 | CBS |
| * Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the championship; rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
Bracket
[edit]| Opening Round Thursday, March 6 MVC TV Network/ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 MVC TV Network/ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 8 CBSSN | Final Sunday, March 9 CBS | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Southern Illinois | 86 | 8 | Southern Illinois | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Indiana State | 85 | 1 | Drake | 57 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Belmont | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Belmont | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Illinois State | 70 | 5 | Illinois State | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Missouri State | 54 | 1 | Drake | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bradley | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bradley | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Murray State | 74 | 7 | Murray State | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Evansville | 53 | 2 | Bradley | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Valparaiso | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UIC | 50 | 11 | Valparaiso | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Valparaiso | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "State Farm MVC Tournament Men's Basketball Tiebreaker" MVC-Sports.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "2024–25 D-I Men's Basketball NET Ranking thru Games 03/02/2025". NCAA. March 2, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
- ^ "Arch Madness - Missouri Valley Conference - Tournament Central". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved December 31, 2024.