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Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Scottrade Center
Current location	St. Louis, Missouri
Played	1977–present
Last contest	2012 Missouri Valley Tournament
Current champion	Creighton
Most championships	Creighton (11)
Official website	MVC-Sports.com Men's Basketball

The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, commonly called Arch Madness, is an annual basketball tournament which features the men's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Conference member universities. The tournament, held in St. Louis, Missouri, since 1991, determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Contents

1 Tournament champions by year
2 Tournament championships by school
3 Television coverage
4 References

Tournament champions by year

Year	MVC Champion	Score	Runner-up	Most Outstanding Player	Venue (and city)
1977	Southern Illinois	82–69	West Texas State	None Selected	Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1978	Creighton	54–52	Indiana State	None Selected	Civic Auditorium (Omaha, Nebraska)
1979	Indiana State	69–59	New Mexico State	None Selected	Hulman Center (Terre Haute, Indiana)
1980	Bradley	62–59	West Texas State	None Selected	Robertson Memorial Field House (Peoria, Illinois)
1981	Creighton	70–64	Wichita State	None Selected	Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1982	Tulsa	90–77	Illinois State	None Selected	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1983	Illinois State	84–64	Tulsa	None Selected	Horton Fieldhouse (Normal, Illinois)
1984	Tulsa	70–68 (OT)	Creighton	None Selected	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1985	Wichita State	84–82	Tulsa	None Selected	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1986	Tulsa	74–58	Bradley	Brian Rahilly, Tulsa	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1987	Wichita State	79–74 (OT)	Tulsa	None Selected	Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1988	Bradley	83–59	Illinois State	Hersey Hawkins, Bradley	Carver Arena (Peoria, Illinois)
1989	Creighton	79–77	Southern Illinois	Chad Gallagher, Creighton	Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1990	Illinois State	81–78	Southern Illinois	Rickey Jackson, Illinois State	Redbird Arena (Normal, Illinois)
1991	Creighton	68–52	Missouri State	Bob Harstad, Creighton	Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Missouri)
1992	Missouri State	71–68	Tulsa	Jackie Crawford, Missouri State	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
1993	Southern Illinois	70–59	Illinois State	Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
1994	Southern Illinois	77–74	Northern Iowa	Cam Johnson, Northern Iowa	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
1995	Southern Illinois	77–62	Tulsa	Chris Carr, Southern Illinois	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1996	Tulsa	60–46	Bradley	Shea Seals, Tulsa	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1997	Illinois State	75–72	Missouri State	Rico Hill, Illinois State	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1998	Illinois State	84–74	Missouri State	Dan Muller, Illinois State	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1999	Creighton	70–61	Evansville	Rodney Buford, Creighton	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2000	Creighton	57–45	Missouri State	Ryan Sears, Creighton	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2001	Indiana State	69–63	Bradley	Michael Menser, Indiana State	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2002	Creighton	84–76	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2003	Creighton	80–56	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2004	Northern Iowa	79–74 (2OT)	Missouri State	Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2005	Creighton	75–57	Missouri State	Johnny Mathies, Creighton	Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2006	Southern Illinois	59–46	Bradley	Randal Falker, Southern Illinois	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2007	Creighton	67–61	Southern Illinois	Nate Funk, Creighton	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2008	Drake	79–49	Illinois State	Adam Emmenecker, Drake	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2009	Northern Iowa	60–57 (OT)	Illinois State	Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2010	Northern Iowa	67–52	Wichita State	Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2011	Indiana State	60–56	Missouri State	Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
2012	Creighton	83–79 (OT)	Illinois State	Doug McDermott, Creighton	Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)

Tournament championships by school

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Creighton	11	2012
Southern Illinois	5	2006
Tulsa^†	4	1996
Illinois State	4	1998
Northern Iowa	3	2010
Indiana State	3	2011
Bradley	2	1988
Wichita State	2	1987
Missouri State	1	1992
Drake	1	2008

^†Former member of the MVC

Note: Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.

Television coverage

Main article: Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Finals broadcasters

References

MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide

v t e Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1970s	1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012

Broadcasters

v t e Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball

Teams	Bradley Braves Creighton Bluejays Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Missouri State Bears Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis Wichita State Shockers

Championships & awards	Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year

NCAA Division I men's basketball conference tournaments

ACC • America East • Atlantic 10 • Atlantic Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West

CAA • Conference USA • Great West • Horizon • MAAC • MEAC • Mid-American • Missouri Valley • Mountain West • Northeast Conference

Ohio Valley • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • Southern • Southland • SWAC • Sun Belt • The Summit League • WAC • West Coast

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