Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament explained

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.

As of 2021, the tournament is the second longest running tournament (to the Big East men's basketball tournament) to be continuously held in one city. Although technically the BIG EAST did not conclude their 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Valley has indicated it will not attempt to claim the longest running title due to the circumstances surrounding the pandemic.

Tournament champions by year

Year	MVC Champion	Score	Runner-up	Tournament MVP	Venue (and city)
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		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
	Indiana State	69–63	Bradley	Michael Menser, Indiana State
2002	Creighton	84–76	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton
2003	Creighton	80–56	Southern Illinois
	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
	Drake	79–49	Illinois State	Adam Emmenecker, Drake
	Northern Iowa	60–57 OT	Illinois State	Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
	Northern Iowa	67–52	Wichita State	Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa
	Indiana State	60–56	Missouri State	Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State
	Creighton	83–79 OT	Illinois State	Doug McDermott, Creighton
	Creighton	68–65	Wichita State
	Wichita State	83–69	Indiana State	Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
	Northern Iowa	69–60	Illinois State	Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
	Northern Iowa	56–54	Evansville	Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
2017	Wichita State	71–51	Illinois State	Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
2018	Loyola	65–49	Illinois State	Donte Ingram, Loyola
2019		57–54	Northern Iowa
2020	Bradley	80–66	Valparaiso
2021	Loyola	75–65	Drake	Cameron Krutwig, Loyola
2022	Loyola	64–58	Drake	Lucas Williamson, Loyola
2023	Drake	77–51
2024	Drake	84–80	Indiana State

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	Years
Creighton †	12	1978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Southern Illinois	5	1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006
Northern Iowa	5	2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
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
Indiana State	3	1979, 2001, 2011
Loyola †	3	2018, 2021, 2022
Drake	3	2008, 2023, 2024
Missouri State	1	1992
Evansville	0
Valparaiso	0
West Texas State †	0
New Mexico 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

Year MVC Teams 1979 (1) Indiana State (10) New Mexico State 1981 (6) Wichita St (8) Creighton 1984 (4) Tulsa (8) Illinois State 1985 (6) Tulsa (9) Illinois State (11) Wichita St 1986 (7) Bradley (10) Tulsa 1987 (11) Wichita St (11) Tulsa 1988 (9) Bradley (12) Wichita St 1994 (11) Southern Illinois (12) Tulsa 1995 (6) Tulsa (10) Southern Illinois 1996 (8) Bradley (11) Tulsa 1999 (10) Creighton (12) Southwest Missouri State (11) Evansville 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 (7) Wichita State (5) Northern Iowa 2016 (11) Wichita State (11) Northern Iowa 2021 (8) Loyola Chicago (11) Drake Broadcasters Television Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Sideline 2024 CBS Kevin Harlan Dan Bonner Evan Washburn 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Melanie Collins 2018 John Schriffen 2017 2016 Evan Washburn 2015 Verne Lundquist Jim Spanarkel Allie LaForce 2014 Kevin Harlan Dan Bonner 2013 Tim Brando Bill Raftery 2012[1] Mike Gminski 2010[2] Dick Enberg Bill Raftery 2009[3] Bob Wenzel 2008[4] 2007[5] Gus Johnson Clark Kellogg 2006[6] Dick Enberg 2005[7] ESPN Dave Barnett Tim McCormick 2003[8] Bob Carpenter Jimmy Dykes 1999[9] Joel Meyers Larry Conley 1996[10] Ron Franklin Jimmy Dykes 1995[11] Doug Bell Reggie Theus 1993[12] Barry Tompkins Larry Conley 1992 ESPN Barry Tompkins Jon Albright 1989 ESPN John Paul Dellacamera Jim Gibbons 1988[13] Creative Sports Management Wayne Larrivee Mike Pratt 1986 MVC Television Network Wayne Larrivee Larry Conley 1983[14] CBS Verne Lundquist Irv Brown Radio Year Network Play-by-play Analyst 2023 Westwood One Ted Emrich Jon Crispin John Sadak Fran Fraschilla KTRS 550 Martin Kilcoyne, Harry Schoreder, Brendan Wiese Kevin Lehman, Rich Zvosec Brendan Wiese Westwood One Chris Carrino Kevin Grevey Tom McCarthy Bill Frieder Wayne Larrivee 2013[15] Dial Global Sports Dave Ryan Pete Gillen 2012[16] Wayne Larrivee Kyle Macy 2009[17] Westwood One Kevin Kugler Reid Gettys 2007[18] Pete Gillen References

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