The State Farm 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 since 1991, determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Arch Madness celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020.
The tournament is the second longest running tournament in NCAA Division I to continuously be held in one city, next to the Big East men's basketball tournament.
Tournament champions by year Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location1977Southern Illinois82–69West Texas StateNone SelectedHenry Levitt Arena(Wichita, Kansas)1978Creighton54–52Indiana StateOmaha Civic Auditorium(Omaha, Nebraska)1979Indiana State69–59New Mexico StateHulman Center(Terre Haute, Indiana)1980Bradley62–59West Texas StateRobertson Memorial Field House(Peoria, Illinois)1981Creighton70–64Wichita StateHenry Levitt Arena(Wichita, Kansas)1982Tulsa90–77Illinois StateTulsa Convention Center(Tulsa, Oklahoma)1983Illinois State84–64TulsaHorton Fieldhouse(Normal, Illinois)1984Tulsa70–68 OTCreightonTulsa Convention Center(Tulsa, Oklahoma)1985Wichita State84–82Tulsa1986Tulsa74–58BradleyBrian Rahilly, Tulsa1987Wichita State79–74 OTTulsaGary Cundiff, Wichita State1988Bradley83–59Illinois StateHersey Hawkins, BradleyCarver Arena(Peoria, Illinois)1989Creighton79–77Southern IllinoisChad Gallagher, CreightonHenry Levitt Arena(Wichita, Kansas)1990Illinois State81–78Southern IllinoisRickey Jackson, Illinois StateRedbird Arena(Normal, Illinois)1991Creighton68–52Southwest Missouri StateBob Harstad, CreightonKiel Auditorium(St. Louis, Missouri)1992Southwest Missouri State71–68Jackie Crawford, Southwest Missouri StateSt. Louis Arena(St. Louis, Missouri)1993Southern Illinois70–59Illinois StateAshraf Amaya, Southern Illinois1994Southern Illinois77–74Northern IowaCam Johnson, Northern Iowa1995Southern Illinois77–62TulsaChris Carr, Southern IllinoisKiel Center/Savvis Center/Scottrade Center/Enterprise Center(St. Louis, Missouri)1996Tulsa60–46BradleyShea Seals, Tulsa1997Illinois State75–72Southwest Missouri StateRico Hill, Illinois State1998Illinois State84–74Southwest Missouri StateDan Muller, Illinois State1999Creighton70–61EvansvilleRodney Buford, Creighton2000Creighton57–45Southwest Missouri StateRyan Sears, Creighton2001 Indiana State69–63BradleyMichael Menser, Indiana State2002Creighton84–76Southern IllinoisKyle Korver, Creighton2003Creighton80–56Southern Illinois2004 Northern Iowa79–74 2OTSouthwest Missouri StateBen Jacobson, Northern Iowa2005Creighton75–57Southwest Missouri StateJohnny Mathies, Creighton2006Southern Illinois59–46BradleyRandal Falker, Southern Illinois2007Creighton67–61Southern IllinoisNate Funk, Creighton 2008 Drake 79–49 Illinois State Adam Emmenecker, Drake 2009 Northern Iowa 60–57 OT Illinois State Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State 2010 Northern Iowa 67–52 Wichita State Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa 2011 Indiana State 60–56 Missouri State Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State 2012 Creighton 83–79 OT Illinois StateDoug McDermott, Creighton 2013 Creighton 68–65 Wichita State 2014 Wichita State 83–69 Indiana State Tekele Cotton, Wichita State 2015 Northern Iowa 69–60 Illinois State Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa 2016 Northern Iowa 56–54 Evansville Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa 2017 Wichita State 71–51 Illinois State Conner Frankamp, Wichita State 2018 Loyola Chicago 65–49 Illinois State Donte Ingram, Loyola Chicago 2019 Bradley 57–54 Northern Iowa Elijah Childs, Bradley 2020 Bradley 80–66 Valparaiso Darrell Brown, Bradley 2021 Loyola Chicago 75–65 Drake Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago 2022 Loyola Chicago 64–58 Drake Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago 2023 Drake 77–51 Bradley Tucker DeVries, Drake 2024 Drake 84–80 Indiana State 2025 Drake 63–48 Bradley Bennett Stirtz, Drake 2026 Northern Iowa 84–69 UIC Trey Campbell, Northern Iowa
Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990); Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.
Venue notes: Enterprise Center was known as Kiel Center (1994–2000), Savvis Center (2000–06), and Scottrade Center (2006–18).
Tournament championships by school School Championships Championship YearsCreighton † 12 1978, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013Northern Iowa 6 2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2026Southern Illinois 5 1977, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006Tulsa † 4 1982, 1984, 1986, 1996Illinois State 4 1983, 1990, 1997, 1998Wichita State † 4 1985, 1987, 2014, 2017Bradley 4 1980, 1988, 2019, 2020Drake 4 2008, 2023, 2024, 2025Indiana State 3 1979, 2001, 2011Loyola Chicago † 3 2018, 2021, 2022Missouri State † 1 1992New Mexico State † 0West Texas State † 0Evansville 0Valparaiso 0Belmont 0UIC 0Murray State 0 † Former conference member
Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990); Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.
Postseason History Multiple Bids
NCAA tournament Year MVC Teams 1979 (1) Indiana State (10) New Mexico State 1981 (6) Wichita State (8) Creighton 1984 (4) Tulsa (8) Illinois State 1985 (6) Tulsa (9) Illinois State (11) Wichita State 1986 (7) Bradley (10) Tulsa 1987 (11) Tulsa (11) Wichita State 1988 (9) Bradley (12) Wichita State 1994 (11) Southern Illinois (12) Tulsa 1995 (6) Tulsa (10) Southern Illinois 1996 (8) Bradley (11) Tulsa 1999 (10) Creighton (11) Evansville (12) Southwest Missouri State 2000 (10) Creighton (12) Indiana State 2001 (10) Creighton (13) Indiana State 2002 (11) Southern Illinois (12) Creighton 2003 (6) Creighton (11) Southern Illinois 2004 (9) Southern Illinois (14) Northern Iowa 2005 (7) Southern Illinois (10) Creighton (11) Northern Iowa 2006 (7) Wichita State (10) Northern Iowa (11) Southern Illinois (13) Bradley 2007 (4) Southern Illinois (10) Creighton 2012 (5) Wichita State (8) Creighton 2013 (7) Creighton (9) Wichita State 2015 (5) Northern Iowa (7) Wichita State 2016 (11) Northern Iowa (11) Wichita State 2021 (8) Loyola Chicago (11) Drake
Broadcasters
Television Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Sideline2026CBSKevin HarlanRobbie HummelEvan Washburn2025Dan Bonner20242023202220212020John Schriffen2019Melanie Collins2018John Schriffen20172016Evan Washburn2015Verne LundquistJim SpanarkelAllie LaForce2014Kevin HarlanDan Bonner2013Tim BrandoBill Raftery 2012 Mike Gminski 2011 Ian Eagle Jim Spanarkel 2010Dick Enberg Bill Raftery 2009Bob Wenzel 2008 2007 Gus JohnsonClark Kellogg 2006http://the506.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1233095726 Dick Enberg 2005ESPN Dave Barnett Tim McCormick2004 Bob Carpenter Jimmy Dykes 200320022001Jimmy Dykes2000 Larry Conley 1999 Joel Meyers 1998Ron Franklin Jimmy Dykes 1997 Jon Sundvold 1996 Jimmy Dykes 1995 Doug Bell Reggie Theus1994Ron FranklinTerry Holland 1993Barry Tompkins Larry Conley1992Jon Albright1991John Paul DellacameraGreg Sterrick1990Jon Albright1989Jim Gibbons 1988Wayne Larrivee Mike Pratt19871986Larry Conley 1985 1984 1983http://the506.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1227880878 CBS Verne Lundquist Irv Brown 1982 NBC 1981 ESPN 1980NBC 1979 1978 1977
Radio Year Network Play-by-play Analyst 2025Westwood One 2024 2023 Ted Emrich Jon Crispin 2022 John Sadak Fran Fraschilla 2021 KTRS 550Martin Kilcoyne,Harry Schoreder,Brendan WieseKevin Lehman,Rich Zvosec 2020 Brendan Wiese 2019 2016 Westwood One Chris Carrino Kevin Grevey 2015 Tom McCarthyBill Frieder 2014 Wayne Larrivee 2013Dial Global Sports Dave Ryan Pete Gillen 2012 Wayne Larrivee Kyle Macy 2009http://images.westwoodone.com/images/pdf/pressreleases/2009NCAAChampionshipWeek.pdfWestwood OneKevin Kugler Reid Gettys 2007http://images.westwoodone.com/images/pdf/2007%20NCAA%20BB%20Conference%20Championships.pdf Pete Gillen
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