2020 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2019–20 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 5 to 8, 2020.

2020 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Enterprise Center St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Bradley (4th title)
Winning coach	Brian Wardle (2nd title)
MVP	Darrell Brown (Bradley)
Television	CBS, CBSSN, MVC TV (ESPN+)
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Iowa	14	–	4		.778			25	–	6		.806
Loyola–Chicago	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
Indiana State	11	–	7		.611			18	–	12		.600
Bradley †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Southern Illinois	10	–	8		.556			16	–	16		.500
Missouri State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	17		.485
Valparaiso	9	–	9		.500			19	–	16		.543
Drake	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Illinois State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Evansville	0	–	18		.000			9	–	23		.281
† 2020 MVC Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Bradley defeated Valparaiso in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year.[1] Normally, Bradley would have received the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, however the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by NET Rating on the day following the conclusion of the regular season. The top six seeds received opening-round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Northern Iowa	14–4
2	Loyola–Chicago	13–5
3	Indiana State	11–7	1–1 vs. Bradley	NET Rating of 100
4	Bradley	11–7	1–1 vs. Indiana State	NET Rating of 112
5	Southern Illinois	10–8
6	Missouri State	9–9	1–1 vs Valparaiso	NET Rating of 122
7	Valparaiso	9–9	1–1 vs. Missouri State	NET Rating of 135
8	Drake	8–10
9	Illinois State	5–13
10	Evansville	0–18

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 5
1	6:05 pm	No. 8 Drake vs No. 9 Illinois State	75–65	MVC TV [ESPN+]
2	8:35 pm	No. 7 Valparaiso vs. No. 10 Evansville	58–55
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3	12:05 pm	No. 1 Northern Iowa vs. No. 8 Drake	56–77	MVC TV [ESPN+]
4	2:35 pm	No. 4 Bradley vs. No. 5 Southern Illinois	64–59
5	6:05 pm	No. 2 Loyola–Chicago vs. No. 7 Valparaiso	73–74^OT
6	8:35 pm	No. 3 Indiana State vs. No. 6 Missouri State	51–78
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
7	2:35 pm	No. 8 Drake vs No. 4 Bradley	66–76	CBSSN
8	5:05 pm	No. 7 Valparaiso vs No. 6 Missouri State	89–82
Championship – Sunday, March 8
9	1:05 pm	No. 4 Bradley vs No. 7 Valparaiso	80–66	CBS
* Game times in CST through semifinals; CDT for championship; rankings denote tournament seed.[4]

Tournament bracket

	First round Thursday, March 5 MVC TV/ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 MVC TV/ESPN+					Semifinals Saturday, March 7 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 8 CBS
						1	Northern Iowa	56
						8	Drake	77
	8	Drake	75
	9	Illinois State	65
											8	Drake	66
										4	Bradley	76
						4	Bradley	64
						5	Southern Illinois	59
																4	Bradley	80
																7	Valparaiso	66
						2	Loyola–Chicago	73
						7	Valparaiso	74*
	7	Valparaiso	58
	10	Evansville	55
											7	Valparaiso	89
										6	Missouri State	82
						3	Indiana State	51
						6	Missouri State	78

References

1. "Valparaiso vs. Bradley - Game Recap - March 8, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
2. "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
3. "NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus". ESPN.com. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
4. http://mvc-sports.com/sports/2018/6/18/19ArchMadness.aspx