2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams10
SiteTaxSlayer Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsIllinois State (5th title)
Winning coachKristen Gillespie (1st title)
MVPJuJu Redmond (Illinois State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
← 2021
2023 →
2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern Illinois 15 – 3   .833 21 – 10   .677
Missouri State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 8   .758
Northern Iowa 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
Illinois State † 12 – 6   .667 19 – 14   .576
Loyola Chicago 10 – 8   .556 18 – 12   .600
Valparaiso 9 – 9   .500 11 – 19   .367
Drake 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 20   .355
Evansville 2 – 16   .111 8 – 22   .267
Bradley 1 – 17   .056 4 – 24   .143
† 2022 MVC tournament winner


The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament, promoted as Hoops in the Heartland, was part of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 10–13, 2022, at the TaxSlayer Center.

Seeds

2022 MVC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Southern Illinois ‡# 15–3 20–8
2 Missouri State# 14–4 23–6
3 Northern Iowa# 13–5 20–9
4 Illinois State 12–6 16–13
5 Loyola-Chicago# 10–8 18–11
6 Valparaiso# 9–9 11–18 2–0 vs. Drake
7 Drake 9–9 17–12 0–2 vs. Valparaiso
8 Indiana State 5–13 10–19
9 Evansville 2–16 8–21
10 Bradley 1–17 4–23
‡ – 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 Score Television
First round – Thursday, March 10
1 1 4:00 pm No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Evansville 89-75 ESPN+
2 7:00 pm No. 7 Drake vs. No. 10 Bradley 71-56
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
2 3 Noon No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 8 Indiana State 77-61 ESPN+
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Loyola-Chicago 68-52
3 5 6:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Drake 63-49
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Valparaiso 63-39
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
4 7 1:30 pm No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 4 Illinois State 42-50 ESPN+
8 4:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa 57-63
Championship – Sunday, March 13
5 9 1:00 pm No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa 50–48 ESPNU
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Tournament bracket

First round
Thursday, March 10
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
ESPN+ 		Championship
Sunday, March 13
ESPNU
            
1 Southern Illinois 77
8 Indiana State 61
8 Indiana State 89
9 Evansville 75
1 Southern Illinois 42
4 Illinois State 50
4 Illinois State 68
5 Loyola-Chicago 52
4 Illinois State 50
3 Northern Iowa 48
2 Missouri State 63
7 Drake 49
7 Drake 71
10 Bradley 56
2 Missouri State 57
3 Northern Iowa 63
3 Northern Iowa 63
6 Valparaiso 39

* denotes overtime

See also

References