The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 7–10, 2024.
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 ranking on the day following the last day of the regular season. The top four seeds received openinground byes."MVC Basketball Regular Season Title Eligibility Standard" MVC-Sports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Indiana State17–32Drake16–43Bradley13–74Northern Iowa12–81–1 vs. Belmont1-1 vs. Bradley5Belmont12–81–1 vs. Northern Iowa0-1 vs. Bradley6Southern Illinois11–97Illinois State9–112–0 vs. Murray State8Murray State9–110–2 vs. Illinois State9Missouri State8–1210Evansville6–1411UIC4–1612Valparaiso3–17
Schedule GameTime *MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevisionOpening Round Thursday, March 7112:00 pmNo. 8 Murray State vs. No. 9 Missouri State35–60 3,314MVC TVNetwork22:30 pmNo. 5 Belmont vs. No. 12 Valparaiso86–6136:00 pmNo. 7 Illinois State vs. No. 10 Evansville53–594,43548:30 pmNo. 6 Southern Illinois vs. No. 11 UIC82–84 2OTQuarterfinals Friday, March 8512:00 pmNo. 1 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Missouri State75–595,403MVC TVNetwork62:30 pmNo. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Belmont67–6276:00 pmNo. 2 Drake vs. No. 10 Evansville79–585,81388:30 pmNo. 3 Bradley vs. No. 11 UIC74–47Semifinals Saturday, March 992:30 pmNo. 1 Indiana State vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa94–728,745CBSSN105:00 pmNo. 2 Drake vs. No. 3 Bradley72–67Final Sunday, March 10111:00 pmNo. 1 Indiana State vs. No. 2 Drake80–846,837CBS* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.
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