2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and will be played in Moline, Illinois March 8–11, 2018 at the TaxSlayer Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteTaxSlayer Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsDrake Bulldogs (7th title)
Winning coachJennie Baranczyk (2nd title)
MVPMaddy Dean [1] (Drake)
Attendance8,435
TelevisionESPN3
2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Drake †18–0 1.000  26–8  .765
Missouri State15–3 .833  21–12  .636
Northern Iowa13–5 .722  19–14  .576
Southern Illinois11–7 .611  17–14  .548
Indiana State9–9 .500  11–19  .367
Illinois State8–10 .444  14–16  .467
Bradley6–12 .333  13–18  .419
Valparaiso5–13 .278  13–18  .419
Loyola–Chicago5–13 .278  7–23  .233
Evansville0–18 .000  3–27  .100
† 2018 MVC Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2018; 

Tie-breaking procedures
  • 1. Winner of head-to-head competition[2]
  • 2. If three or more teams are tied, regular-season competition among the tied teams shall be pooled into a “mini round-robin.” Teams shall be ranked according to their position in such a round-robin.
  • 3. Power rating using MVC games:
Team place Road Win Home Win
1st 20 pts. 19 pts.
2nd 18 pts. 17 pts.
3rd 16 pts. 15 pts.
4th 14 pts. 13 pts.
5th 12 pts. 11 pts.
6th 10 pts. 19 pts.
7th 8 pts. 7 pts.
8th 6pts. 5 pts.
9th 4 pts. 3 pts.
10th 2 pts. 1 pts.
  • 4. The most recently available NCAA RPI ranking.

Seeds
2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 ‡ Drake 18–0 26–7
2 # Missouri State 15–3 20–11
3 # Northern Iowa 13–5 19–13
4 # Southern Illinois 11–7 17–14
5 # Indiana State 9–9 11–19
6 # Illinois State 8–10 14–16
7 Bradley 6–12 13–18
8 Valparaiso 5–13 13–18 2–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago
9 Loyola-Chicago 5–13 7–23 0–2 vs. Valparaiso
10 Evansville 0–18 3–27
‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 8
1
1
4:00 pm
No. 8 Valparaiso vs. No. 9 Loyola-Chicago
ESPN3
1,028
2
7:00 pm
No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Evansville
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9
2
3
12:00 pm
No. 1 Drake vs. No 8. Valparaiso
ESPN3
1,403
4
2:30 pm
No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State
3
5
6:00 pm
No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Bradley
1,706
6
8:30 pm
No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Illinois State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
4
7
1:30 pm
No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois
ESPN3
2,129
8
4:00 pm
No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa
Final – Sunday, March 11
5
9
2:00 pm
No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa
ESPN3
2,169
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament bracket

[3]

  First Round
Thursday, March 8
ESPN3		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
ESPN3		 Championship
Sunday, March 11
ESPN3
                                     
       
  1 Drake 89  
    8 Valparaiso 40  
8 Valparaiso 63
9 Loyola 46  
  1 Drake 68  
  4 Southern Illinois 59  
       
       
  4 Southern Illinois 69
    5 Indiana State 67  
     
       
  1 Drake 75
  3 Northern Iowa 63
       
       
  2 Missouri State 76
    7 Bradley 68  
7 Bradley 77
10 Evansville 49  
  2 Missouri State 58
  3 Northern Iowa 70  
       
       
  3 Northern Iowa 56
    6 Illinois State 36  
     

See also

References
  1. "WBB TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP: DRAKE 75, UNI 63". Missouri Valley Conference. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. "Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Feb. 28)". Missouri Valley Conference. February 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/mvc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/3/6/MVC_WBB_Bracket.pdf
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