2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	12
Site	Vibrant Arena at The MARK Moline, Illinois
Television	MVC TV, ESPN2
Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Drake †	19	–	1		.950			29	–	6		.829
Belmont	17	–	3		.850			26	–	9		.743
Missouri State	15	–	5		.750			23	–	10		.697
Northern Iowa	14	–	6		.700			16	–	16		.500
Illinois State	13	–	7		.650			22	–	12		.647
Murray State	12	–	8		.600			20	–	12		.625
UIC	10	–	10		.500			18	–	16		.529
Southern Illinois	6	–	14		.300			11	–	20		.355
Indiana State	6	–	14		.300			11	–	21		.344
Valparaiso	4	–	16		.200			5	–	25		.167
Bradley	2	–	18		.100			6	–	26		.188
Evansville	2	–	18		.100			4	–	28		.125
† 2024 MVC tournament winner

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Hoops in the Heartland", is a postseason women's basketball tournament that completed the 2023–24 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois from March 14-17, 2024.

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	Drake	19–1
2	Belmont	17–3
3	Missouri State	15–5
4	Northern Iowa	14–6
5	Illinois State	13–7
6	Murray State	12–8
7	UIC	10–10
8	Southern Illinois	6–14	1–1 vs. UIC
9	Indiana State	6–14	0–1 vs. UIC
10	Valparaiso	4–16
11	Bradley	2–18	1–0 vs. Evansville
12	Evansville	2–18	0–1 vs. Bradley

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening Round – Thursday, March 14
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Southern Illinois vs. No. 9 Indiana State	54–66	MVC TV
2	2:30 pm	No. 5 Illinois State vs. No. 12 Evansville	85–64
3	6:00 pm	No. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Valparaiso	79–77
4	8:30 pm	No. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Bradley	87–49
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
5	12:00 pm	No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Indiana State	79–57	MVC TV
6	2:30 pm	No. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Illinois State	79–75
7	6:00 pm	No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 7 UIC	70–65
8	8:30 pm	No. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 6 Murray State	71–70
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
9	1:30 pm	No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa	92–83^OT	MVC TV
10	4:00 pm	No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Missouri State	48–63
Final – Sunday, March 17
11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Missouri State	76–75	ESPN2
* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 14 MVC TV					Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 MVC TV					Semifinals Saturday, March 16 MVC TV					Final Sunday, March 17 ESPN2
						1	Drake	79
	8	Southern Illinois	54			9	Indiana State	57
	9	Indiana State	66								1	Drake	92*
											4	Northern Iowa	83
						4	Northern Iowa	79
	5	Illinois State	85			5	Illinois State	75
	12	Evansville	64													1	Drake	76
																3	Missouri State	75
						2	Belmont	70
	7	UIC	79			7	UIC	65
	10	Valparaiso	77								2	Belmont	48
											3	Missouri State	63
						3	Missouri State	71
	6	Murray State	87			6	Murray State	70
	11	Bradley	49

Source:^[2]

References

1. "MVC Basketball – Regular Season Title Eligibility Standard" MVC-Sports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
2. "Hoops in the Heartland - Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.