2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament
2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams10
SiteTaxSlayer Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsMissouri State (11th title)
Winning coachKellie Harper (2nd title)
MVPAlexa Willard (Missouri State)
Attendance7,768
TelevisionESPN+
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2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drake 17 – 1   .944 27 – 7   .794
Missouri State † 16 – 2   .889 25 – 10   .714
Northern Iowa 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Illinois State 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Bradley 10 – 8   .556 20 – 10   .667
Southern Illinois 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Loyola–Chicago 6 – 12   .333 13 – 18   .419
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Valparaiso 3 – 15   .167 8 – 24   .250
Evansville 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2019 MVC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) was part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois March 14–17, 2019, at the TaxSlayer Center. Missouri State defeated Drake to receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Alexa Willard was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.[1]

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
Seed School Conf. Over.
1 ‡ # Drake 17–1 25–5
2 # Missouri State 16–2 20–9
3 # Northern Iowa 12–6 19–11
4 # Illinois State 11–7 18–11
5 # Bradley 10–6 20–9
6 # Southern Illinois 8–10 15–14
7 Loyola-Chicago 6–12 12–17
8 Indiana State 5–13 11–18
9 Valparaiso 3–15 7–23
10 Evansville 2–16 4–25
‡ – 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 14
1 1 4:00 pm No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Valparaiso ESPN+ 905
2 7:00 pm No. 7 Loyola vs No. 10 Evansville
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
2 3 12:00 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Valparaiso ESPN+ 1,509
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Bradley
3 5 6:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Loyola 1,542
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
4 7 1:30 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Illinois State ESPN+ 2,254
8 4:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa
Final – Sunday, March 17
5 9 2:00 pm No. 1 Drake vs. No. 2 Missouri State ESPN+ 1,558
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 14
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
ESPN+ 		Championship
Sunday, March 17
ESPN+
            
1 Drake 86
9 Valparaiso 58
8 Indiana State 77
9 Valparaiso 79
1 Drake 65
4 Illinois State 54
4 Illinois State 61
5 Bradley 55
1 Drake 79
2 Missouri State 94
2 Missouri State 59
7 Loyola-Chicago 50
7 Loyola 90
10 Evansville 80
2 Missouri State 89
3 Northern Iowa 64
3 Northern Iowa 66
6 Southern Illinois 63

See also

References

  1. ^ Batterson, Steve. "Lady Bears seize the 'moment,' win Valley title". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  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. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

External links

  • Tournament Official Website
  • Missouri Valley Conference Official Website
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