The Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is an annual basketball tournament which features the women's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Conference member universities. The tournament determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
First held at the end of the 1982–83 basketball season, the tournament was originally conducted by the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, a women's sports conference formed in that school year by six MVC members plus four members of what is now known as the Summit League. In 1985, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. Following the 1991–92 school year, the MVC absorbed the women's side of the Gateway (which by that time had eight MVC members) and spun off its football side into what is now the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The MVC maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports.
Tournament champions by year
Year |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-up |
MVP |
Location[1] |
1983 |
Illinois State |
62–54 |
Southern Illinois |
None Selected |
Normal, Illinois |
1984 |
Not Held |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
Southern Illinois |
53–51 |
Eastern Illinois |
None Selected |
Carbondale, Illinois |
1988 |
Eastern Illinois |
80–79 |
Illinois State |
None Selected |
Normal, Illinois |
1989 |
Illinois State |
70–53 |
Southern Illinois |
None Selected |
Normal, Illinois |
1990 |
Southern Illinois |
71–54 |
Illinois State |
Amy Rakers, Southern Illinois |
Carbondale, Illinois |
1991 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
74–61 |
Southern Illinois |
None Selected |
Springfield, Missouri |
1992 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
86–69 |
Southern Illinois |
None Selected |
Springfield, Missouri |
1993 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
54–53 |
Southern Illinois |
None Selected |
Springfield, Missouri |
1994 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
88–71 |
Creighton |
Tina Robbins, Southwest Missouri State |
Springfield, Missouri |
1995 |
Drake |
71–68 (OT) |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
Tricia Wakely, Drake |
Springfield, Missouri |
1996 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
59–56 |
Illinois State |
LaTanya Davis, Southwest Missouri State |
Des Moines, Iowa |
1997 |
Drake |
78–59 |
Wichita State |
Keisha Cox, Drake |
Springfield, Missouri |
1998 |
Drake |
73–59 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
Tammi Blackstone, Drake |
Springfield, Missouri |
1999 |
Evansville |
75–72 (OT) |
Creighton |
Shyla McKibbon, Evansville |
Des Moines, Iowa |
2000 |
Drake |
70–67 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State |
Springfield, Missouri |
2001 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
84–69 |
Drake |
Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State |
Springfield, Missouri |
2002 |
Creighton |
77–74 |
Drake |
Christy Neneman, Creighton |
Springfield, Missouri |
2003 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
64–55 |
Indiana State |
Kari Koch, Southwest Missouri State |
Des Moines, Iowa |
2004 |
Southwest Missouri State[lower-alpha 1] |
74–67 |
Drake |
Jenni Lingor, Missouri State |
Springfield, Missouri |
2005 |
Illinois State |
72–70 |
Indiana State |
Jaci McCormack, Illinois State |
Normal, Illinois |
2006 |
Missouri State |
64–55 |
Indiana State |
Kari Koch, Missouri State |
Springfield, Missouri |
2007 |
Drake |
65–64 (OT) |
Creighton |
Lindsay Whorton, Drake |
Des Moines, Iowa |
2008 |
Illinois State |
70–62 |
Drake |
Kristi Cirone, Illinois State |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2009 |
Evansville |
47–45 |
Creighton |
Ashley Austin, Evansville |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2010 |
Northern Iowa |
54–53 |
Creighton |
Lizzie Boeck, Northern Iowa |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2011 |
Northern Iowa |
69–41 |
Missouri State |
Jacqui Kalin, Northern Iowa |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2012 |
Creighton |
53–38 |
Drake |
Carli Tritz, Creighton |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2013 |
Wichita State |
69–65 |
Illinois State |
Alex Harden, Wichita State |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2014 |
Wichita State |
73-49 |
Drake |
Alex Harden, Wichita State |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2015 |
Wichita State |
85–71 |
Missouri State |
Alex Harden, Wichita State |
St. Charles, Missouri |
2016 |
Missouri State |
73–49 |
Northern Iowa |
Tyonna Snow, Missouri State |
Moline, Illinois |
2017 |
Drake |
74–69 (OT)[2] |
Northern Iowa |
Caitlin Ingle, Drake |
Moline, Illinois |
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Became Missouri State effective with the 2005–06 school year.
Tournament championships by school
- †Former member of the MVC
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