1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Omaha Civic Auditorium
Omaha, Nebraska
Champions Creighton (1st title)
Winning coach Tom Apke (1st title)

The 1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 5; the first rounds were played on campus sites and the final was contested at the Omaha Civic Auditorium at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.[1]

In a battle of conference newcomers, top-seeded hosts Creighton defeated third-seeded Indiana State in the title game, 54–52, to win their first MVC tournament title.

The Bluejays, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.

Format

With the addition of Creighton and Indiana State to the MVC, the tournament field increased from seven to nine.

With all teams seeded based on regular season conference records, the highest-seeded team received a triple-bye to the championship game. The remaining eight teams were placed into the first round of traditional eight-team single-elimination bracket, paired based on seed. The winner of this preliminary bracket would then face the top seed in the title game.

Bracket

Preliminary rounds

  First Round
Monday, February 27
Campus sites		 Second Round
Wednesday, March 1
Campus sites		 Semifinals
Friday, March 3
Campus sites
                           
  2 Southern Illinois* 59  
9 Drake 75  
  9 Drake 73  
    4 New Mexico State* 90  
4 New Mexico State* 76
  7 Tulsa 75  
    4 New Mexico State 78
  3 Indiana State* 80**
  5 Bradley* 75  
6 Wichita State 71  
5 Bradley 81
    3 Indiana State* 88  
3 Indiana State* 90
  8 West Texas State 71  

Championship

Championship
Sunday, March 5
Omaha, NE
   
1 Creighton 54
3 Indiana State 52

References

  1. ↑ "1977-78 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
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