2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2016–17 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Scottrade Center, now known as Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2017. Wichita State defeated Illinois State in the championship game and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
This was the last MVC tournament for Wichita State, as it would leave its conference home of nearly 70 years to join the American Athletic Conference in July 2017.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1Illinois State17–11–1 vs. Wichita StateRPI: 34
2Wichita State17–11–1 vs. Illinois StateRPI: 40
3Northern Iowa9–92–0 vs Southern Illinois
4Southern Illinois9–90–2 vs Northern Iowa
5Loyola–Chicago8–10
6Missouri State7–111–1 vs. BradleyRPI: 216
7Bradley7–111–1 vs. Missouri StateRPI: 220
8Evansville6–12
9Indiana State5–131–1 vs. DrakeRPI: 222
10Drake5–131–1 vs. Indiana StateRPI: 305

Schedule

Tournament bracket