The 2020 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2019–20 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 5 to 8, 2020.
Bradley defeated Valparaiso in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year. Normally, Bradley would have received the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, however the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by NET Rating on the day following the conclusion of the regular season. The top six seeds received opening-round byes.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2 1 Northern Iowa14–4 2 Loyola–Chicago13–53 Indiana State11–71–1 vs. BradleyNET Rating of 1004 Bradley11–71–1 vs. Indiana StateNET Rating of 1125 Southern Illinois 10–8 6 Missouri State9–91–1 vs Valparaiso NET Rating of 1227 Valparaiso9–91–1 vs. Missouri StateNET Rating of 1358 Drake8–10 9Illinois State5–13 10Evansville0–18
Schedule GameTime *MatchupScoreTelevisionOpening Round – Thursday, March 516:05 pm#8 Drake vs #9 Illinois State 75–65MVC TV28:35 pm#7 Valparaiso vs. #10 Evansville 58–55Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6312:05 pm#1 Northern Iowa vs. #8 Drake56–77MVC TV42:35 pm#4 Bradley vs. #5 Southern Illinois64–5956:05 pm#2 Loyola–Chicago vs. #7 Valparaiso73–74 OT68:35 pm#3 Indiana State vs. #6 Missouri State51–78Semifinals – Saturday, March 772:35 pm#4 Bradley vs. #8 Drake76–66CBSSN8 5:05 pm#6 Missouri State vs. #7 Valparaiso82–89Final – Sunday, March 891:05 pm#4 Bradley vs #7 Valparaiso80–66CBS* Game times in CST through semifinals; CDT for championship; rankings denote tournament seed.
Tournament bracket
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