2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was the Missouri Valley Conference's postseason tournament which was held March 3–6, 2016 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The tournament was won by Northern Iowa, who defeated Evansville in the championship game. As a result, Northern Iowa received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by non-conference strength of schedule, if necessary. The top six seeds received first round byes.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Wichita State16–22Evansville12–6Better RPI than Illinois State3Illinois State12–64Northern Iowa11–7Better RPI than Southern Illinois5Southern Illinois11–76Indiana State8–10Better RPI than Missouri State7Missouri State8–108Loyola–Chicago7–119Bradley3–1510Drake2–16

Schedule GameTime*MatchupFinal scoreTelevision Opening round – Thursday, March 316:05 pmNo. 8 Loyola–Chicago vs. No. 9 Bradley74–66ESPN328:35 pmNo. 7 Missouri State vs. No. 10 Drake69–67ESPN3 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4312:05 pmNo. 1 Wichita State vs. No. 8 Loyola-Chicago66–58ESPN342:35 pmNo. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Southern Illinois66–60ESPN356:05 pmNo. 2 Evansville vs. No. 7 Missouri State66–56ESPN368:35 pmNo. 3 Illinois State vs. No. 6 Indiana State57–65ESPN3 Semifinals – Saturday, March 572:35 pmNo. 1 Wichita State vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa52–57OTCBSSN85:05 pmNo. 2 Evansville vs. No. 6 Indiana State68–42CBSSN Championship – Sunday, March 6101:05 pmNo. 2 Evansville vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa54–56CBS *Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Tournament bracket

* denotes overtime period

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