2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
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+
	Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2018 2020 →

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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:

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.
2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
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.

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
1	2	7:00 pm	No. 7 Loyola vs No. 10 Evansville	ESPN+	905
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Valparaiso	ESPN+	1,509
2	4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Bradley		1,509
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Loyola		1,542
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois		1,542
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
4	7	1:30 pm	No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Illinois State	ESPN+	2,254
4	8	4:00 pm	No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa	ESPN+	2,254
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

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

^ 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.