2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteTaxSlayer Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsDrake Bulldogs (7th title)
Winning coachJennie Baranczyk (2nd title)
MVPMaddy Dean [1] (Drake)
Attendance8,435
TelevisionESPN3
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2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drake 18 0   1.000 26 8   .765
Missouri State 15 3   .833 21 12   .636
Northern Iowa 13 5   .722 19 14   .576
Southern Illinois 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
Indiana State 9 9   .500 11 19   .367
Illinois State 8 10   .444 14 16   .467
Bradley 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
Valparaiso 5 13   .278 13 18   .419
Loyola–Chicago 5 13   .278 7 23   .233
Evansville 0 18   .000 3 27   .100
2018 MVC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2018

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 8–11, 2018, at the TaxSlayer Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

Tie-breaking procedures[edit]

  • 1. Winner of head-to-head competition[2]
  • 2. If three or more teams are tied, regular-season competition among the tied teams shall be pooled into a “mini round-robin.” Teams shall be ranked according to their position in such a round-robin.
  • 3. Power rating using MVC games:
Team place Road Win Home Win
1st 20 pts. 19 pts.
2nd 18 pts. 17 pts.
3rd 16 pts. 15 pts.
4th 14 pts. 13 pts.
5th 12 pts. 11 pts.
6th 10 pts. 19 pts.
7th 8 pts. 7 pts.
8th 6pts. 5 pts.
9th 4 pts. 3 pts.
10th 2 pts. 1 pts.
  • 4. The most recently available NCAA RPI ranking.

Seeds[edit]

2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 ‡ Drake 18–0 26–7
2 # Missouri State 15–3 20–11
3 # Northern Iowa 13–5 19–13
4 # Southern Illinois 11–7 17–14
5 # Indiana State 9–9 11–19
6 # Illinois State 8–10 14–16
7 Bradley 6–12 13–18
8 Valparaiso 5–13 13–18 2–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago
9 Loyola-Chicago 5–13 7–23 0–2 vs. Valparaiso
10 Evansville 0–18 3–27
‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Schedule[edit]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 8
1 1 4:00 pm No. 8 Valparaiso vs. No. 9 Loyola-Chicago ESPN3 1,028
2 7:00 pm No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Evansville
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9
2 3 12:00 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No 8. Valparaiso ESPN3 1,403
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State
3 5 6:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Bradley 1,706
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Illinois State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
4 7 1:30 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois ESPN3 2,129
8 4:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa
Final – Sunday, March 11
5 9 2:00 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa ESPN3 2,169
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament bracket[edit]

[3]

First round
Thursday, March 8
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
ESPN3
Championship
Sunday, March 11
ESPN3
            
1 Drake 89
8 Valparaiso 40
8 Valparaiso 63
9 Loyola 46
1 Drake 68
4 Southern Illinois 59
4 Southern Illinois 69
5 Indiana State 67
1 Drake 75
3 Northern Iowa 63
2 Missouri State 76
7 Bradley 68
7 Bradley 77
10 Evansville 49
2 Missouri State 58
3 Northern Iowa 70
3 Northern Iowa 56
6 Illinois State 36

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WBB TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP: DRAKE 75, UNI 63". Missouri Valley Conference. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Feb. 28)". Missouri Valley Conference. February 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

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