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.
Tie-breaking procedures 1. Winner of head-to-head competition 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 and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1‡ Drake 18–0 26–72# Missouri State 15–3 20–113# Northern Iowa 13–5 19–134# Southern Illinois 11–7 17–145# Indiana State 9–9 11–196# Illinois State 8–10 14–167 Bradley 6–12 13–188 Valparaiso 5–13 13–18 2–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago9 Loyola-Chicago 5–13 7–23 0–2 vs. Valparaiso10 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 SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance 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
See also 2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
References
External links Tournament Official Website Missouri Valley Conference Official Website