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 21Illinois State17–11–1 vs. Wichita StateRPI: 342Wichita State17–1 1–1 vs. Illinois StateRPI: 403Northern Iowa9–92–0 vs Southern Illinois4Southern Illinois9–90–2 vs Northern Iowa5Loyola–Chicago8–106Missouri State7–111–1 vs. BradleyRPI: 2167Bradley7–111–1 vs. Missouri StateRPI: 2208Evansville6–129Indiana State5–131–1 vs. DrakeRPI: 22210Drake5–131–1 vs. Indiana StateRPI: 305

Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision Opening round – Thursday, March 216:05 pmNo. 8 Evansville vs. No. 9 Indiana State83–72ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC28:35 pmNo. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Drake67–58ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3312:05 pmNo. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 8 Evansville80–69ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC42:35 pmNo. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Loyola–Chicago55-50ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC56:05 pmNo. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Bradley82–56ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC68:35 pmNo. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Missouri State64–70ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC Semifinals – Saturday, March 472:35 pmNo. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois63–50CBSSN85:05 pmNo. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 6 Missouri State78–63CBSSN Final – Sunday, March 591:05 pmNo. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 2 Wichita State51–71CBS *Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Tournament bracket

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