The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) was part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 8–11, 2018, at the TaxSlayer Center. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.
| 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | TaxSlayer Center Moline, Illinois |
| Champions | Drake Bulldogs (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Jennie Baranczyk (2nd title) |
| MVP | Maddy Dean [1] (Drake) |
| Attendance | 8,435 |
| Television | ESPN3 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola–Chicago | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 MVC tournament winner As of March 17, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tie-breaking procedures
edit- 1. Winner of head-to-head competition[2]
- 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
edit| 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ Drake | 18–0 | 26–7 | ||||||
| 2 | # Missouri State | 15–3 | 20–11 | ||||||
| 3 | # Northern Iowa | 13–5 | 19–13 | ||||||
| 4 | # Southern Illinois | 11–7 | 17–14 | ||||||
| 5 | # Indiana State | 9–9 | 11–19 | ||||||
| 6 | # Illinois State | 8–10 | 14–16 | ||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 6–12 | 13–18 | ||||||
| 8 | Valparaiso | 5–13 | 13–18 | 2–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago | |||||
| 9 | Loyola-Chicago | 5–13 | 7–23 | 0–2 vs. Valparaiso | |||||
| 10 | Evansville | 0–18 | 3–27 | ||||||
| ‡ – 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
edit| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 8 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Valparaiso vs. No. 9 Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | 1,028 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Evansville | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No 8. Valparaiso | ESPN3 | 1,403 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Bradley | 1,706 | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Illinois State | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 10 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | 2,129 |
| 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | |||
| Final – Sunday, March 11 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | 2,169 |
| *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Tournament bracket
edit| First round Thursday, March 8 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 9 ESPN3 | Semifinals Saturday, March 10 ESPN3 | Championship Sunday, March 11 ESPN3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Valparaiso | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Valparaiso | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Loyola | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Indiana State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Evansville | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois State | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WBB TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP: DRAKE 75, UNI 63". Missouri Valley Conference. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Feb. 28)". Missouri Valley Conference. February 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.