| 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2018–19 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | TaxSlayer Center Moline, Illinois |
| Champions | Missouri State (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Kellie Harper (2nd title) |
| MVP | Alexa Willard (Missouri State) |
| Attendance | 7,768 |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola–Chicago | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2019 MVC tournament winner As of March 30, 2019 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) was part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois March 14–17, 2019, at the TaxSlayer Center. Missouri State defeated Drake to receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Alexa Willard was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.[1]
Tie-breaking procedures
- 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
| 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds | |||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ # Drake | 17–1 | 25–5 |
| 2 | # Missouri State | 16–2 | 20–9 |
| 3 | # Northern Iowa | 12–6 | 19–11 |
| 4 | # Illinois State | 11–7 | 18–11 |
| 5 | # Bradley | 10–6 | 20–9 |
| 6 | # Southern Illinois | 8–10 | 15–14 |
| 7 | Loyola-Chicago | 6–12 | 12–17 |
| 8 | Indiana State | 5–13 | 11–18 |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 3–15 | 7–23 |
| 10 | Evansville | 2–16 | 4–25 |
| ‡ – 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
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 14 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Valparaiso | ESPN+ | 905 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Loyola vs No. 10 Evansville | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Valparaiso | ESPN+ | 1,509 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Bradley | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Loyola | 1,542 | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Illinois State | ESPN+ | 2,254 |
| 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | |||
| Final – Sunday, March 17 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 2 Missouri State | ESPN+ | 1,558 |
| *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Tournament bracket
| First round Thursday, March 14 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 17 ESPN+ | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Valparaiso | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Indiana State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Valparaiso | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Illinois State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Illinois State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Bradley | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Loyola-Chicago | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Loyola | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Evansville | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Southern Illinois | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Batterson, Steve. "Lady Bears seize the 'moment,' win Valley title". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ↑ "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. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
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