2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2022–23 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2023.

For the first time, the tournament featured 12 teams. Belmont, Murray State, and UIC joined the conference in 2022 following Loyola Chicago's exit.

Seeds Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by comparison of records between the tying institutions versus the top team in the standings (and continuing from top to bottom of standings, as necessary, with the team having the better record against that team receiving the better seed). The top four seeds receive openinground byes."MVC Basketball Regular Season Title Eligibility Standard". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11Bradley1642Drake1553Southern Illinois1461–0 vs. Belmont4Belmont1460–1 vs. Southern Illinois5Indiana State1376Missouri State1287Murray State1198Northern Iowa9119Illinois State61410Valparaiso51511UIC41612Evansville119

Schedule GameTime *MatchupScoreTelevisionOpening round Thursday, March 2112:00 pmNo. 8 Northern Iowa vs. No. 9 Illinois State75–62MVC TV Network22:30 pmNo. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 12 Evansville97–5836:00 pmNo. 7 Murray State vs. No. 10 Valparaiso78–5048:30 pmNo. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 11 UIC74–57Quarterfinals Friday, March 3512:00 pmNo. 1 Bradley vs. No. 8 Northern Iowa 72–66MVC TV Network62:30 pmNo. 4 Belmont vs. No. 5 Indiana State91–9476:00 pmNo. 2 Drake vs. No. 7 Murray State74–6288:30 pmNo. 3 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State54–51Semifinals Saturday, March 492:30 pmNo. 1 Bradley vs. No. 5 Indiana State71–70CBSSN105:00 pmNo. 2 Drake vs. No. 3 Southern Illinois65–52Final Sunday, March 5111:00 pmNo. 1 Bradley vs. No. 2 Drake51–77CBS* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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