2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	10
Site	Scottrade Center; St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Northern Iowa (4th title)
Winning coach	Ben Jacobson (3rd title)
MVP	Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa)
Television	MVC TV, CBS
	Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2014 2016 →

2014–15 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Wichita State	17	–	1	.944	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 Northern Iowa †	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Indiana State	11	–	7	.611	15	–	16	.484
Illinois State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
Evansville	9	–	9	.500	24	–	12	.667
Loyola Chicago	8	–	10	.444	24	–	13	.649
Drake	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
Missouri State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Southern Illinois	4	–	14	.222	12	–	21	.364
Bradley	3	–	15	.167	9	–	24	.273


† 2015 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was an event held March 5–8, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. It was part of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by non-conference strength of schedule, if necessary. The top six seeds received first round byes.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Wichita State	17–1	27–3
2	Northern Iowa	16–2	27–3
3	Indiana State	11–7	15–15	2–0 vs. Illinois State
4	Illinois State	11–7	19–11	0–2 vs. Indiana State
5	Evansville	9–9	19–11
6	Loyola	8–10	18–12
7	Drake	6–12	9–21
8	Missouri State	5–13	11–19
9	Southern Illinois	4–14	11–20
10	Bradley	3–15	8–23

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
Opening Round – Thursday, March 5
1	6:05 pm	#9 Southern Illinois 55, #8 Missouri State 48	MVC TV
2	8:35 pm	#10 Bradley 52, #7 Drake 50^OT	MVC TV
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3	12:05 pm	#1 Wichita State 56, #9 Southern Illinois 45	MVC TV
4	2:35 pm	#4 Illinois State 71, #5 Evansville 67	MVC TV
5	6:05 pm	#2 Northern Iowa 71, #10 Bradley 46	MVC TV
6	8:35 pm	#6 Loyola-Chicago 81, #3 Indiana State 53	MVC TV
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
7	1:35 pm	#4 Illinois State 65, #1 Wichita State 62	MVC TV
8	4:05 pm	#2 Northern Iowa 63, #6 Loyola-Chicago 49	MVC TV
Final – Sunday, March 8
10	1:05 pm	#2 Northern Iowa 69, #4 Illinois State 60	CBS
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Tournament bracket

Opening Round Thursday, March 5 MVC TV			Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 MVC TV			Semifinals Saturday, March 7 MVC TV			Final Sunday, March 8 CBS

			1	No. 8 Wichita State	56

			9	Southern Illinois	45
8	Missouri State	48

9	Southern Illinois	55
						1	No. 8 Wichita State	62

						4	Illinois State	65



			4	Illinois State	71

			5	Evansville	67



									4	Illinois State	60

									2	No. 11 Northern Iowa	69



			2	No. 11 Northern Iowa	71

			10	Bradley	46
7	Drake	50 ^OT

10	Bradley	52
						2	No. 11 Northern Iowa	63

						6	Loyola-Chicago	49



			3	Indiana State	53

			6	Loyola-Chicago	81

Postseason History Multiple Bids

**NCAA tournament**
MVC NCAA Tournament Teams
2015	(7) Wichita St	(5) Northern Iowa

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