2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
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
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#14 Wichita State 17 1   .944     30 5   .857
#11 Northern Iowa 16 2   .889     31 4   .886
Illinois State 11 7   .611     22 13   .629
Indiana State 11 7   .611     15 16   .484
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
First 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 (IL) 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 (IL) 49 MVC TV
Championship – Sunday, March 8
10 1:05 pm #4 Illinois State 60, #2 Northern Iowa 69 CBS
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Tournament bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 5
MVC TV
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
MVC TV
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
MVC TV
Championship
Sunday, March 8
CBS
                                     
        
  1  Wichita State 56  
    9  Southern Illinois 45  
8  Missouri State 48
9  Southern Illinois 55  
  1  Wichita State 62  
  4  Illinois State 65  
        
        
  4  Illinois State 71
    5  Evansville 67  
      
        
  4  Illinois State 60
  2  Northern Iowa 69
        
        
  2  Northern Iowa 71
    10  Bradley 46  
7  Drake 50
10  Bradley 52*  
  2  Northern Iowa 63
  6  Loyola Chicago 49  
        
        
  3  Indiana State 53
    6  Loyola Chicago 81  
      

* denotes overtime period

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