2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams10
SiteScottrade Center
St. Louis, Missouri
ChampionsWichita State (3rd title)
Winning coachGregg Marshall (1st title)
MVPTekele Cotton (Wichita State)
TelevisionMVC TV, CBS
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2013–14 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Wichita State † 18 – 0   1.000 35 – 1   .972
Indiana State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 11   .676
Northern Iowa 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516
Missouri State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606
Illinois State 9 – 9   .500 18 – 16   .529
Southern Illinois 9 – 9   .500 14 – 19   .424
Bradley 7 – 11   .389 12 – 20   .375
Drake 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484
Evansville 6 – 12   .333 14 – 19   .424
Loyola Chicago 4 – 14   .222 10 – 22   .313
† 2014 MVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 6–9 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was televised on CBS on Sunday March 9 at 1:05 pm (central). The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.[1]

Tournament bracket

Opening Round
Thursday, March 6
MVC TV 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7
MVC TV 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 8
MVC TV 		Final
Sunday, March 9
CBS
            
1 No. 2 Wichita State 80
9 Evansville 58
8 Drake 61
9 Evansville 69
1 No. 2 Wichita State 67
4 Missouri State 42
4 Missouri State 53
5 Illinois State 48
1 No. 2 Wichita State 83
2 Indiana State 69
2 Indiana State 75
10 Loyola–Chicago 62
7 Bradley 72
10 Loyola–Chicago 74
2 Indiana State 62
6 Southern Illinois 59
3 Northern Iowa 58
6 Southern Illinois 63

Game summaries

Tournament notes

Awards

The following were honored as the top players of the tournament:[3]

Tekele Cotton of the Wichita State Shockers was named the tournament's most outstanding player (MOP) after scoring 20 points and grabbing 3 rebounds in the championship game against Indiana State. In the game, he scored the second most points behind Fred VanVleet, who added 22.

References

  1. ^ "No. 2 Wichita State (34–0) wins Missouri Valley Conference tournament". ESPN. Associated Press. March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  2. ^ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1986613-indiana-state-vs-wichita-state-score-and-recap-as-shockers-go-undefeated Indiana State vs Wichita State: Recap - Bleacher Report
  3. ^ http://www.mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/14alltournament/ Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Men's Basketball - 2014 All-Tournament Team - MVC-Sports.com