2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2022–23 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2023.

2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	12
Site	Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Drake (2nd title)
Winning coach	Darian DeVries (2nd title)
Television	CBS, CBSSN, MVC TV
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

For the first time, the tournament featured 12 teams. Belmont, Murray State, and UIC joined the conference in 2022 following Loyola Chicago's exit.

2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bradley	16	–	4		.800			25	–	10		.714
Drake †	15	–	5		.750			27	–	8		.771
Southern Illinois	14	–	6		.700			23	–	10		.697
Belmont	14	–	6		.700			21	–	11		.656
Indiana State	13	–	7		.650			23	–	13		.639
Missouri State	12	–	8		.600			17	–	15		.531
Murray State	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Northern Iowa	9	–	11		.450			14	–	18		.438
Illinois State	6	–	14		.300			11	–	21		.344
Valparaiso	5	–	15		.250			11	–	21		.344
UIC	4	–	16		.200			12	–	20		.375
Evansville	1	–	19		.050			5	–	27		.156
† 2023 MVC tournament winner

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by comparison of records between the tying institutions versus the top team in the standings (and continuing from top to bottom of standings, as necessary, with the team having the better record against that team receiving the better seed). The top four seeds receive opening–round byes.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1
1	Bradley	16–4
2	Drake	15–5
3	Southern Illinois	14–6	1–0 vs. Belmont
4	Belmont	14–6	0–1 vs. Southern Illinois
5	Indiana State	13–7
6	Missouri State	12–8
7	Murray State	11–9
8	Northern Iowa	9–11
9	Illinois State	6–14
10	Valparaiso	5–15
11	UIC	4–16
12	Evansville	1–19

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening round – Thursday, March 2
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Northern Iowa vs. No. 9 Illinois State	75–62	MVC TV
2	2:30 pm	No. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 12 Evansville	97–58
3	6:00 pm	No. 7 Murray State vs. No. 10 Valparaiso	78–50
4	8:30 pm	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 11 UIC	74–57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
5	12:00 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 8 Northern Iowa	72–66	MVC TV
6	2:30 pm	No. 4 Belmont vs. No. 5 Indiana State	91–94
7	6:00 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 7 Murray State	74–62
8	8:30 pm	No. 3 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State	54–51
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
9	2:30 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 5 Indiana State	71–70	CBSSN
10	5:00 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 3 Southern Illinois	65–52
Final – Sunday, March 5
11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 2 Drake	51–77	CBS
* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 2 MVC TV					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 MVC TV					Semifinals Saturday, March 4 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 5 CBS
						1	Bradley	72
	8	Northern Iowa	75			8	Northern Iowa	66
	9	Illinois State	62								1	Bradley	71
											5	Indiana State	70
						4	Belmont	91
	5	Indiana State	97			5	Indiana State	94
	12	Evansville	58													1	Bradley	51
																2	Drake	77
						2	Drake	74
	7	Murray State	78			7	Murray State	62
	10	Valparaiso	50								2	Drake	65
											3	Southern Illinois	52
						3	Southern Illinois	54
	6	Missouri State	74			6	Missouri State	51
	11	UIC	57

^[2]

References

1. "MVC Basketball – Regular Season Title Eligibility Standard" MVC-Sports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
2. "Arch Madness - Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.