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2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	12
Site	Enterprise Center; St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Drake (2nd title)
Winning coach	Darian DeVries (2nd title)
Television	CBS, CBSSN, MVC TV
	Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2022–23 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2023.

For the first time, the tournament featured 12 teams. Belmont, Murray State, and UIC joined the conference in 2022 following Loyola Chicago's exit.

2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bradley	16	–	4	.800	25	–	10	.714
Drake †	15	–	5	.750	27	–	8	.771
Southern Illinois	14	–	6	.700	23	–	10	.697
Belmont	14	–	6	.700	21	–	11	.656
Indiana State	13	–	7	.650	23	–	13	.639
Missouri State	12	–	8	.600	17	–	15	.531
Murray State	11	–	9	.550	17	–	15	.531
Northern Iowa	9	–	11	.450	14	–	18	.438
Illinois State	6	–	14	.300	11	–	21	.344
Valparaiso	5	–	15	.250	11	–	21	.344
UIC	4	–	16	.200	12	–	20	.375
Evansville	1	–	19	.050	5	–	27	.156

† 2023 MVC tournament winner

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by comparison of records between the tying institutions versus the top team in the standings (and continuing from top to bottom of standings, as necessary, with the team having the better record against that team receiving the better seed). The top four seeds receive opening–round byes.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1
1	Bradley	16–4
2	Drake	15–5
3	Southern Illinois	14–6	1–0 vs. Belmont
4	Belmont	14–6	0–1 vs. Southern Illinois
5	Indiana State	13–7
6	Missouri State	12–8
7	Murray State	11–9
8	Northern Iowa	9–11
9	Illinois State	6–14
10	Valparaiso	5–15
11	UIC	4–16
12	Evansville	1–19

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening round – Thursday, March 2
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Northern Iowa vs. No. 9 Illinois State	75–62	MVC TV
2	2:30 pm	No. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 12 Evansville	97–58
3	6:00 pm	No. 7 Murray State vs. No. 10 Valparaiso	78–50
4	8:30 pm	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 11 UIC	74–57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
5	12:00 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 8 Northern Iowa	72–66	MVC TV
6	2:30 pm	No. 4 Belmont vs. No. 5 Indiana State	91–94
7	6:00 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 7 Murray State	74–62
8	8:30 pm	No. 3 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State	54–51
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
9	2:30 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 5 Indiana State	71–70	CBSSN
10	5:00 pm	No. 2 Drake vs. No. 3 Southern Illinois	65–52	CBSSN
Final – Sunday, March 5
11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Bradley vs. No. 2 Drake	51–77	CBS
* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round Thursday, March 2 MVC TV			Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 MVC TV			Semifinals Saturday, March 4 CBSSN			Championship Sunday, March 5 CBS

			1	Bradley	72
8	Northern Iowa	75	8	Northern Iowa	66
9	Illinois State	62				1	Bradley	71
						5	Indiana State	70
			4	Belmont	91
5	Indiana State	97	5	Indiana State	94
12	Evansville	58							1	Bradley	51
									2	Drake	77
			2	Drake	74
7	Murray State	78	7	Murray State	62
10	Valparaiso	50				2	Drake	65
						3	Southern Illinois	52
			3	Southern Illinois	54
6	Missouri State	74	6	Missouri State	51
11	UIC	57