2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2018–19 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 7–10, 2019.

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Bradley (3rd title)
Winning coach	Brian Wardle (1st title)
MVP	Elijah Childs (Bradley)
Television	CBS, CBSSN, MVC TV (ESPN+)
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2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Loyola Chicago	12	–	6		.667			20	–	14		.588
Drake	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Southern Illinois	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
Missouri State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	16		.500
Bradley †	9	–	9		.500			20	–	15		.571
Northern Iowa	9	–	9		.500			16	–	18		.471
Illinois State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
Indiana State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Valparaiso	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Evansville	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
† 2019 MVC tournament winner

No. 5 seed Bradley defeated No. 6-seeded Northern Iowa 57–54 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the third overall MVC title for Bradley, the first since 1988.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by NET Rating on the day following the conclusion of the regular season. The top six seeds received opening round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Loyola–Chicago	12–6	2–0 vs. Drake
2	Drake	12–6	0–2 vs. Loyola–Chicago
3	Southern Illinois	10–8	1–1 vs. Missouri St.	131 NET
4	Missouri State	10–8	1–1 vs. S. Illinois	182 NET
5	Bradley	9–9	3–1 vs. N. Iowa/Illinois St.
6	Northern Iowa	9–9	2–2 vs. Bradley/Illinois St.
7	Illinois State	9–9	1–3 vs. Bradley/N. Iowa
8	Indiana State	7–11	2–0 vs Valparaiso
9	Valparaiso	7–11	0–2 vs Indiana St.
10	Evansville	5–13

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening round – Thursday, March 7
1	6:05 pm	No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Valparaiso	55–77	MVC TV [ESPN+]
2	8:35 pm	No. 7 Illinois State vs. No. 10 Evansville	65–60
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
3	12:05 pm	No. 1 Loyola–Chicago vs. No. 9 Valparaiso	67–54	MVC TV [ESPN+]
4	2:35 pm	No. 4 Missouri State vs. No. 5 Bradley	58–61
5	6:05 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 7 Illinois State	78–62
6	8:35 pm	No. 3 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa	58–61
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
7	2:35 pm	No. 1 Loyola–Chicago vs. No. 5 Bradley	51–53	CBSSN
8	5:05 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa	58–60
Final – Sunday, March 10
9	1:05 pm	No. 5 Bradley vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa	57–54	CBS
* Game times in CST through semifinals; CDT for championship; rankings denote tournament seed.^[1]

Tournament bracket

	First round Thursday, March 7 MVC TV/ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 MVC TV/ESPN+					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 10 CBS
						1	Loyola–Chicago	67
						9	Valparaiso	54
	8	Indiana State	55
	9	Valparaiso	77
											1	Loyola–Chicago	51
											5	Bradley	53
						4	Missouri State	58
						5	Bradley	61
																5	Bradley	57
																6	Northern Iowa	54
						2	Drake	78
						7	Illinois State	62
	7	Illinois State	65
	10	Evansville	60
											2	Drake	58
											6	Northern Iowa	60
						3	Southern Illinois	58
						6	Northern Iowa	61

References

1. "2019 State Farm MVC men's basketball tournament".