The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament , popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2016–17 season in the Missouri Valley Conference . The tournament was held at the Scottrade Center, now known as Enterprise Center , in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2017. Wichita State defeated Illinois State in the championship game and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .[ 1]
This was the last MVC tournament for Wichita State, as it would leave its conference home of nearly 70 years to join the American Athletic Conference in July 2017.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.
Schedule
Game
Time*
Matchup
Score
Television
Opening round – Thursday, March 2
1
6:05 pm
No. 8 Evansville vs. No. 9 Indiana State
83–72
ESPN3 /FSMW /CSNC
2
8:35 pm
No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Drake
67–58
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
3
12:05 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 8 Evansville
80–69
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
4
2:35 pm
No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Loyola–Chicago
55-50
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
5
6:05 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Bradley
82–56
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
6
8:35 pm
No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Missouri State
64–70
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
7
2:35 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois
63–50
CBSSN
8
5:05 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 6 Missouri State
78–63
CBSSN
Final – Sunday, March 5
9
1:05 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 2 Wichita State
51–71
CBS
*Game times in CT . Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Tournament bracket
Opening round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1
Illinois State
80
8
Evansville
69
8
Evansville
83
9
Indiana State
72
1
Illinois State
63
4
Southern Illinois
50
4
Southern Illinois
55
5
Loyola-Chicago
50
1
Illinois State
51
2
Wichita State
71
2
Wichita State
82
7
Bradley
56
7
Bradley
67
10
Drake
58
2
Wichita State
78
6
Missouri State
63
3
Northern Iowa
64
6
Missouri State
70
References
