The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Hoops in the Heartland", is a postseason women's basketball tournament that completed the 2023–24 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois from March 14-17, 2024.
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 11 Drake1912 Belmont1733 Missouri State1554 Northern Iowa1465 Illinois State1376 Murray State1287 UIC10108Southern Illinois6141–1 vs. UIC9Indiana State6140–1 vs. UIC10 Valparaiso41611 Bradley2181–0 vs. Evansville12 Evansville2180–1 vs. Bradley
Schedule GameTime *MatchupScoreTelevisionOpening Round Thursday, March 14112:00 pmNo. 8 Southern Illinois vs. No. 9 Indiana State54–66MVC TV22:30 pmNo. 5 Illinois State vs. No. 12 Evansville85–6436:00 pmNo. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Valparaiso79–7748:30 pmNo. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Bradley87–49Quarterfinals Friday, March 15512:00 pmNo. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Indiana State79–57MVC TV62:30 pmNo. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Illinois State79–7576:00 pmNo. 2 Belmont vs. No. 7 UIC70–6588:30 pmNo. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 6 Murray State71–70Semifinals Saturday, March 1691:30 pmNo. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa92–83OTMVC TV104:00 pmNo. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Missouri State48–63Final Sunday, March 17111:00 pmNo. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Missouri State76–75ESPN2* Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed.
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