The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and will be played in Moline, Illinois March 9–12, 2017, at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.
Tie-breaking procedures 1. Winner of head-to-head competition 2. If three or more teams are tied, regular-season competition among the tied teams shall be pooled into a “mini round-robin.” Teams shall be ranked according to their position in such a round-robin. 3. Power rating using MVC games: Team place Road Win Home Win 1st 20 pts. 19 pts. 2nd 18 pts. 17 pts. 3rd 16 pts. 15 pts. 4th 14 pts. 13 pts. 5th 12 pts. 11 pts. 6th 10 pts. 19 pts. 7th 8 pts. 7 pts. 8th 6pts. 5 pts. 9th 4 pts. 3 pts. 10th 2 pts. 1 pts.
4. The most recently available NCAA RPI ranking.
Seeds 2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1‡ Drake18–025–42# Northern Iowa15–322–73# Missouri State12–616–134# Southern Illinois 10–816–135# Wichita State9–914–156# Evansville 8–1013–167Bradley 7–1111–188Indiana State6–1212–179Illinois State4–147–2210Loyola–Chicago1–172–27‡ – 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 SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 9 1 1 4:00 pm #9 Illinois State vs #8 Indiana State ESPN3 2 7:00 pm #7 Bradley vs #10 Loyola–Chicago Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10 2 3 12:00 pm #1 Drake vs #9 Illinois State ESPN3 1,360 4 2:30 pm #5 Wichita State vs #4 Southern Illinois 3 5 6:00 pm #2 Northern Iowa vs #7 Bradley 1,404 6 8:30 pm #3 Missouri State vs #6 Evansville Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 4 7 1:30 pm #1 Drake vs #5 Wichita State ESPN3 2,181 8 4:00 pm #2 Northern Iowa vs #6 Evansville Final – Sunday, March 12 5 9 2:00 pm #1 Drake vs #2 Northern Iowa ESPN3 *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket
See also 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
References
External links Tournament Official Website Missouri Valley Conference Official Website