Men's basketball championship tournament
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 [ edit ] 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 Tulsa 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 2001 Indiana State 69–63 Bradley Michael Menser, Indiana State 2002 Creighton 84–76 Southern Illinois Kyle Korver , Creighton 2003 Creighton 80–56 Southern Illinois 2004 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 2008 Drake 79–49 Illinois State Adam Emmenecker , Drake 2009 Northern Iowa 60–57 OT Illinois State Osiris Eldridge , Illinois State 2010 Northern Iowa 67–52 Wichita State Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa 2011 Indiana State 60–56 Missouri State Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State 2012 Creighton 83–79 OT Illinois State Doug McDermott , Creighton 2013 Creighton 68–65 Wichita State 2014 Wichita State 83–69 Indiana State Tekele Cotton, Wichita State 2015 Northern Iowa 69–60 Illinois State Seth Tuttle , Northern Iowa 2016 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 Bradley 57–54 Northern Iowa Elijah Childs , Bradley 2020 Bradley 80–66 Valparaiso Darrell Brown, Bradley 2021 Loyola 75–65 Drake Cameron Krutwig , Loyola 2022 Loyola 64–58 Drake Lucas Williamson , Loyola 2023 Drake 77–51 Bradley Tucker DeVries , Drake 2024 Drake 84–80 Indiana State Tucker DeVries , Drake
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] NCAA tournament 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
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