MVC MEN’S BASKETBALL MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE UPDATE MVC Contact: Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Office: 314.444.4326 • Cell: 314.435.4779 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM 2016-17 Standings (END, REGULAR-SEASON) Non-Conf: 71-54 Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A t25 Streak RPI Wichita State (21) 17 1 .944 83.1 63.3 27 4 .871 82.5 63.0 16-1 10-1 0-2 Won 12 40 Illinois State 17 1 .944 66.9 57.9 25 5 .833 69.2 60.7 15-0 9-4 0-0 Won 6 34 Southern Illinois 9 9 .500 67.2 68.5 16 15 .516 69.5 70.2 11-6 5-9 0-1 Won 1 153 UNI 9 9 .500 60.3 63.7 14 15 .483 61.7 64.2 9-4 3-9 0-3 Lost 3 146 Loyola Chicago 8 10 .444 71.8 69.8 18 13 .581 74.1 67.2 13-3 3-9 0-0 Lost 1 166 Missouri State 7 11 .389 69.8 72.0 16 15 .516 73.2 68.9 11-6 4-8 0-2 Lost 2 216 Bradley 7 11 .389 64.8 70.4 12 19 .387 65.8 70.7 8-7 3-10 0-0 Won 3 220 Evansville 6 12 .333 67.2 71.9 15 16 .484 68.9 68.0 13-4 2-9 0-2 Won 1 188 Indiana State 5 13 .278 67.7 72.8 11 19 .367 69.9 72.4 8-6 3-10 1-1 Lost 1 222 Drake 5 13 .278 71.6 80.1 7 23 .233 71.7 77.4 6-9 1-12 0-0 Lost 9 305 MVC Home Games: 58-32 Non-Conf.: 71-54 (H: 53-13; A: 10-23; N: 8-18) vs. Top-25: 1-9 (Non-Conf.) 2017 STATE FARM MVC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE What Lies Next ... March 2-5 • Scottrade Center (20,948) • St. Louis The winner of the State Farm MVC Tournament receives an automatic bid to Thursday, March 2 (Opening Round) the NCAA Tournament. Notably, in four of #8 Evansville vs. #9 Indiana State, 6 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] the past five seasons, the league has had #7 Bradley vs. #10 Drake, 8:30 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] multiple bids to the Big Dance, validating those bids with a 13-9 overall mark, which Friday, March 3 (Quarterfinals) ranks fourth-best of any league in that #1 Illinois State vs. 8/9 Winner, 12 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] span. Here’s a list of the leaders (20 or #4 Southern Illinois vs. #5 Loyola, 2:30 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] more NCAA Tourney games since 2012). #2 Wichita State vs. 7/10 Winner, 6 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] League Records, NCAA Tourney (since 2012) #3 UNI vs. #6 Missouri State, 8:30 pm CT [MVC TV Network] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] SEC 35-17 .673 ACC 54-27 .667 Saturday, March 4 (Semifinals) Big Ten 55-33 .625 Semifinal 1 - 2:30 pm CT [CBS Sports Network] [WSDZ 1260 AM Radio] Missouri Valley 13-9 .591 Semifinal 2 - 5 pm CT [CBS Sports Network] [WSDZ 1260 AM Radio] Big East 43-30 .589 American 11-9 .550 Sunday, March 5 (Championship) Pac-12 26-24 .520 Finals - 1 pm CT [CBS Sports] [KTRS 550 AM Radio] Big 12 33-32 .508 WCC 10-10 .500 Atlantic 10 18-21 .462 Recent MVC Tourney Champs Mountain West 6-15 .286 The 2017 State Farm MVC Tournament returns to St. Louis for the 27th-straight season. This year’s tournament is the Ranked in Arch Madness 41st conference championship. In the past 15 State Farm MVC Tourna- MVC Tournament Champions, Last 5 Years ments (since 2003, including this year), 11 teams, including five in the past four 2016 UNI beat UE, 56-64 seasons, have entered the State Farm MVC 2015 UNI beat ILS, 69-60 2014 Wichita State beat INS, 83-69 Tournament ranked in the Top 25. Six of 2013 Creighton beat WSU, 69-65 the previous 10 reached the title game, 2012 Creighton beat ILS, 83-79 (ot) and five of those won the tournament. @MVCSPORTS / MISSOURIVALLEYCONFERENCE / MISSOURIVALLEYVIDS / MVCSPORTS @VALLEYHOOPS MVC BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 27, 2017 PAGE 2 All-Time MVC Champs We Meet Again? Dynamic Duo Wichita State’s 11 regular-season This year three pairs of teams that faced In 2015, UNI (27) and Wichita State crowns ranks among the all-time leaders each other on the last day of the regular (27) entered the State Farm MVC Tourna- in MVC history. Oklahoma State, a league season will meet in their first games at ment as the winningest pair of teams member for 32 seasons from 1925-57, the State Farm MVC Tournament. In the in league tourney history. Only six and Creighton, a member for 56 seasons, 26-year history of the tournament in St. times in 40 prior tournaments have two are tied for the most, with 15 titles each. Louis, that has happened 13 times. In the league teams entered tourney play with Ten of 11 of WSU’s regular-season titles 13 previous occurrences, the team that 23+ regular-season wins. Two previous are outright, trailing only Oklahoma State, has won the regular-season finale won the events had two 25-win teams and two which earned 11 outright titles (of its 15). rematch eight times. The 2017 tourney ranked teams (2012, 2015). Illinois State, meanwhile, earned its will mark the first time that 3 immediate re- Two Teams, 23+ Wins in Arch Madness first league regular-season title since the matches have occurred in the same event. 2010 -- UNI (25), Wichita State (23) 1997-98 campaign -- its sixth all-time. Two teams (Southern Illinois and Bradley) 2011 -- Missouri State (23), Wichita State (23) MVC Regular-Season Champions, All-Time swept their opponents -- Loyola and Drake, 2012 -- Wichita State (26), Creighton (25) 15 - Oklahoma State respectively, during the regular season). 2013 -- Wichita State (24), Creighton (24) 2015 -- UNI (27), Wichita State (27) 15 - Creighton Year Teams Reg-Season Tourney (Seeds) 13 - Kansas 2016 -- Evansville (23), Wichita State (23) 2015 ILS-UE ILS, 69-67 (ot) #4 ILS 71, #5 UE 67 11 - Wichita State 2017 -- Wichita State (27), Illinois State (25) 2013 ILS-UNI UNI, 80-72 #6 ILS 63, #3 UNI 65 2013 UE-INS UE, 84-68 #5 INS 51, #4 UE 50 Most Combined Wins, Two Teams 2012 UE-MSU UE, 75-70 (ot) #3 UE 72, #6 MSU 64 54 -- *UNI (27), *Wichita State (27), 2015 No. 1 Seed “Success” 2011 DU-BU BU, 90-64 #10 BU 63, #7 DU 48 52 -- Wichita State (27), Illinois State (25), 2017 Counting 2016, the top-seeded team has 2011 CU-UNI CU, 63-55 #5 CU 60, #4 UNI 57 2010 CU-BU CU, 82-71 #5 BU 81, #4 CU 62 51 -- *Wichita State (26), *Creighton (25), 2012 won the tournament 15 times in 40 tries, but 2008 CU-BU CU, 111-110 #4 CU 74, #5 BU 70 51 -- *Wichita State (31), Indiana State (20), 2014 it has happened only eight times in the 26- 2005 CU-ILS CU 64-59 #3 CU 69, #6 ILS 52 *denotes NCAA Tournament team year history in St. Louis. 2004 INS-UE INS, 71-56 #9 UE 63, #8 INS 59 2001 SIU-INS SIU, 61-59 #5 INS 67, #4 SIU 64 1999 BU-SIU BU, 58-56 #4 BU 62, #5 SIU 59 25-Win Seasons History of Top Seed in STL 1998 UE-MSU MSU, 74-62 #3 MSU 60, #6 UE 59 Wichita State has secured an eighth- In 26 previous MVC Tournaments in St. There were five other years that involved a regular-season consecutive 25-win season. That’s an MVC Louis, the No. 1 tournament seed has: finale that repeated as the first game for one of the schools (but the other played an opening-round game before meet- record and is one of the five longest active 10 - Lost in the Semifinals ing their final regular-season opponent in the tournament). streaks in Division I. Gonzaga upped its 8 - Lost in the Championship Game own streak to 10 earlier this month, Kansas 8 - Won the Tournament Here’s a look at how this year’s teams has 12 in a row, while VCU (7) and Duke (9) fared against their first-round opponent in are on pace to reach 25. The Shockers’ 27 Good News for Champs? the regular season: regular-season wins are tied for fourth-best In the 40 seasons the league has con- Teams Game 1 Game 2 all-time in the MVC. ducted a post-season tournament (from UE-INS INS, 85-84 (ot) UE, 65-63 1977 through last year), there have been BRAD-DU BRAD, 79-72 BRAD, 82-74 Illinois State, meanwhile, has set program 45 regular-season champions (outright or UNI-MSU MSU, 68-64 UNI, 55-52 records with 25 regular-season and 17 SIU-LUC SIU, 67-61 SIU, 72-70 conference wins this year. shared). Thirty-seven of those 45 teams WSU-BU/DU Wichita State swept both BRAD and Drake earned either the AQ or an at-large berth ILS-UE/INS Illinois State swept both INS and Evansville MVC Regular-Season Wins, All-Time Leaders into the NCAA tourneys.