Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, commonly called Arch Madness, is an annual basketball tournament which features the men's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Conference member universities. The tournament, held in St. Louis since 1991, determines which MVC team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Arch Madness celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020.

Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Enterprise Center
Current location	St. Louis, Missouri
Played	1977–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Drake
Most championships	Creighton (12)
Official website	Missouri Valley Conference

The tournament is the second longest running tournament in NCAA Division I to continuously be held in one city, next to the Big East men's basketball tournament.^[a]

Tournament champions by year

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Tournament MVP	Location
1977	Southern Illinois	82–69	West Texas State	None Selected	Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1978	Creighton	54–52	Indiana State		Omaha Civic Auditorium (Omaha, Nebraska)
1979	Indiana State	69–59	New Mexico State		Hulman Center (Terre Haute, Indiana)
1980	Bradley	62–59	West Texas State		Robertson Memorial Field House (Peoria, Illinois)
1981	Creighton	70–64	Wichita State		Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1982	Tulsa	90–77	Illinois State		Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1983	Illinois State	84–64	Tulsa		Horton Fieldhouse (Normal, Illinois)
1984	Tulsa	70–68 OT	Creighton		Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1985	Wichita State	84–82	Tulsa
1986	Tulsa	74–58	Bradley	Brian Rahilly, Tulsa
1987	Wichita State	79–74 OT	Tulsa	Gary Cundiff, Wichita State
1988	Bradley	83–59	Illinois State	Hersey Hawkins, Bradley	Carver Arena (Peoria, Illinois)
1989	Creighton	79–77	Southern Illinois	Chad Gallagher, Creighton	Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
1990	Illinois State	81–78	Southern Illinois	Rickey Jackson, Illinois State	Redbird Arena (Normal, Illinois)
1991	Creighton	68–52	Southwest Missouri State	Bob Harstad, Creighton	Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Missouri)
1992	Southwest Missouri State	71–68	Tulsa	Jackie Crawford, Southwest Missouri State	St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
1993	Southern Illinois	70–59	Illinois State	Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois
1994	Southern Illinois	77–74	Northern Iowa	Cam Johnson, Northern Iowa
1995	Southern Illinois	77–62	Tulsa	Chris Carr, Southern Illinois	Kiel Center/ Savvis Center/ Scottrade Center/ Enterprise Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
1996	Tulsa	60–46	Bradley	Shea Seals, Tulsa
1997	Illinois State	75–72	Southwest Missouri State	Rico Hill, Illinois State
1998	Illinois State	84–74	Southwest Missouri State	Dan Muller, Illinois State
1999	Creighton	70–61	Evansville	Rodney Buford, Creighton
2000	Creighton	57–45	Southwest Missouri State	Ryan Sears, Creighton
2001	Indiana State	69–63	Bradley	Michael Menser, Indiana State
2002	Creighton	84–76	Southern Illinois	Kyle Korver, Creighton
2003	Creighton	80–56	Southern Illinois
2004	Northern Iowa	79–74 2OT	Southwest Missouri State	Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
2005	Creighton	75–57	Southwest Missouri State	Johnny Mathies, Creighton
2006	Southern Illinois	59–46	Bradley	Randal Falker, Southern Illinois
2007	Creighton	67–61	Southern Illinois	Nate Funk, Creighton
2008	Drake	79–49	Illinois State	Adam Emmenecker, Drake
2009	Northern Iowa	60–57 OT	Illinois State	Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
2010	Northern Iowa	67–52	Wichita State	Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa
2011	Indiana State	60–56	Missouri State	Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State
2012	Creighton	83–79 OT	Illinois State	Doug McDermott, Creighton
2013	Creighton	68–65	Wichita State
2014	Wichita State	83–69	Indiana State	Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
2015	Northern Iowa	69–60	Illinois State	Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
2016	Northern Iowa	56–54	Evansville	Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
2017	Wichita State	71–51	Illinois State	Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
2018	Loyola Chicago	65–49	Illinois State	Donte Ingram, Loyola Chicago
2019	Bradley	57–54	Northern Iowa	Elijah Childs, Bradley
2020	Bradley	80–66	Valparaiso	Darrell Brown, Bradley
2021	Loyola Chicago	75–65	Drake	Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago
2022	Loyola Chicago	64–58	Drake	Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
2023	Drake	77–51	Bradley	Tucker DeVries, Drake
2024	Drake	84–80	Indiana State	Tucker DeVries, Drake
2025	Drake	63–48	Bradley	Bennett Stirtz, Drake

Team notes: West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M (effective 1990);
Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until 2005.

Venue notes: Enterprise Center was known as Kiel Center (1994–2000), Savvis Center (2000–06), and Scottrade Center (2006–18).