Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

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Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Arch Madness logo.svg
Sport College basketball
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Enterprise Center
Current location St. Louis, Missouri
Played1977–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Drake
Most championships Creighton (12)
Official website Missouri Valley Conference

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.

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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

YearMVC ChampionScoreRunner-UpTournament MVPVenue (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 Chicago 65–49 Illinois State Donte Ingram, Loyola Chicago
2019 Bradley 57–54 Northern Iowa Elijah Childs, Bradley
2020 Bradley 80–66 Valparaiso Darrell Brown, Bradley
2021 Loyola Chicago 75–65 Drake Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago
2022 Loyola Chicago 64–58 Drake Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
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

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Creighton †121978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Southern Illinois 51977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006
Northern Iowa 52004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
Tulsa †41982, 1984, 1986, 1996
Illinois State 41983, 1990, 1997, 1998
Wichita State †41985, 1987, 2014, 2017
Bradley 41980, 1988, 2019, 2020
Indiana State 31979, 2001, 2011
Loyola Chicago †32018, 2021, 2022
Drake 32008, 2023, 2024
Missouri State 11992
New Mexico State †0
West Texas State †0
Evansville 0
Valparaiso 0
Belmont 0
UIC 0
Murray State 0

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

NCAA tournament
YearMVC 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

YearNetworkPlay-by-playAnalystSideline
2024 CBS Kevin Harlan Dan Bonner Evan Washburn
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019Melanie Collins
2018 John Schriffen
2017
2016Evan Washburn
2015 Verne Lundquist Jim Spanarkel Allie LaForce
2014Kevin HarlanDan 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
1998 [10] Ron Franklin Jimmy Dykes
1997 [11] Jon Sundvold
1996 [12] Jimmy Dykes
1995 [13] Doug Bell Reggie Theus
1993 [14] Barry Tompkins Larry Conley
1992Jon Albright
1990 [15] John Paul Dellacamera
1989Jim Gibbons
1988 [16] Creative Sports Management Wayne Larrivee Mike Pratt
1986MVC Television NetworkLarry Conley
1983 [17] CBSVerne Lundquist Irv Brown

Radio

YearNetworkPlay-by-playAnalyst
2023 Westwood One Ted Emrich Jon Crispin
2022 John Sadak Fran Fraschilla
2021 KTRS 550 Martin Kilcoyne,
Harry Schoreder,
Brendan Wiese		Kevin Lehman,
Rich Zvosec
2020 Brendan Wiese
2019
2016 Westwood One Chris Carrino Kevin Grevey
2015 Tom McCarthy Bill Frieder
2014 Wayne Larrivee
2013 [18] Dial Global Sports Dave Ryan Pete Gillen
2012 [19] Wayne Larrivee Kyle Macy
2009 [20] Westwood One Kevin Kugler Reid Gettys
2007 [21] Pete Gillen

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