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MVC TournaMenT

MVC Championship History
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Won-Lost Chart

Back-to-Back Titles

In league history, only Missouri State (1991-94) has won
four-straight conference tournament titles. Only Drake,
the Lady Bears and UNI have won back-to-back titles in
other years.

No.

4
2
2
2

Team (Years)

Missouri State (1991-94)
Drake (1997-98)
Missouri State (2003-04)
UNI (2010-11)

Streak Ended

1995/title game
1999/quarters
2005/quarters
2012/quarters

Close Games
Below is a listing of league tournament games decided
by three points or less, plus overtimes.

One-Point Games (8)
1988 No. 2 Eastern Illinois 80, No. 1 Illinois State 79 (title)
1993 No. 1 Missouri State 54, No. 3 Southern Illinois 53 (title)
1997 No. 6 Bradley 53, Missouri State 52 (1st)
No. 5 Southern Illinois 59, No. 4 Indiana State 58 (1st)
2007 No. 4 Evansville 58, No. 5 UNI 57(quarters)
No. 8 Drake 65, No. 6 Creighton 64 (OT/title)
2009 No. 10 Wichita State 52, No. 7 Missouri State 51 (1st)
2010 No. 5 UNI 54, No. 2 Creighton 53 (title)

Two-Point Games (10)
1987
1993
1995
1996
2002
2003
2005
2009
2010
2012

No. 1 Southern Illinois 53, No. 3 Eastern Ill. 51 (title)
No. 3 Southern Illinois 71, No. 2 Creighton 69 (semis)
No. 5 Wichita Stsyr 70, No. 4 Creighton 68 (1st)
No. 4 Creighton 70, No. 5 Drake 68 (1st)
No. 4 Evansville 70, No. 5 UNI 68 (1st)
No. 4 Missouri State 61, No. 5 Drake 59 (1st)
No. 8 Illinois State 72, No. 2 Indiana State 70 (title)
No. 9 Evansville 47, No. 2 Creighton 45 (title)
No. 5 UNI 61, No. 1 Illinois State 59 (semis)
No. 7 Drake 56, No. 2 Illinois State 54 (quarters)

Three-Point Games (14)
1983 No. 2 Southern Illinois 73, No. 3 Drake 70 (semi)
1995 No. 2 Drake 71, No. 1 Missouri State 68 (title)
1999 No. 6 Indiana State 61, No. 3 UNI 58 (1st)
No. 4 Evansville 75, No. 7 Creighton 72 (title)
2000 No. 1 Drake 69, No. 8 Indiana State 66 (1st)
No. 1 Drak e 70, No. 3 Missouri State 67 (title)
2002 No. 1 Creighton 77, No. 2 Drake 74 (title)
2004 No. 3 Drake 60, No. 6 Bradley 57 (1st)
2006 No. 9 Creighton 54, No. 8 Southern Illinois 51 (open)
2007 No. 8 Drake 61, No. 4 Evansville 58 (semis)
No. 6 Creighton 59, No. 2 Illinois State 56 (semis)
2009 No. 9 Evansville 84, No. 4 Bradley 81 (OT/semis)
2010 No. 2 Creighton 65, No. 7 Drake 62 (quarters)
2013 No. 3 Illinois State 64, No. 2 Creighton 61 (OT/semis)

Overtimes (12)
1990
1993
1995
1996
1999
2006
2007
2009
2013
2013
2013

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No. 2 Illinois State 86, No. 3 Missouri State 79 (1st)
No. 3 Southern Illinois 71, No. 2 Creighton 69 (semis)
No. 2 Drake 71, No. 1 Missouri State 68 (title)
No. 3 Illinois State 80, No. 6 Bradley 75 (1st)
No. 6 Indiana State 61, No. 3 UNI 58 (1st)
No. 4 Evansville 75, No. 7 Creighton 72 (title)
No. 4 Evansville 77, No. 5 Wichita State 73 (quarters)
No. 8 Drake 65, No. 6 Creighton 64 (title)
No. 9 Evansville 84, No. 4 Bradley 81 (semis)
No. 10 So. Illinois 83, No. 7 Evansville 74 (1st)
No. 1 Wichita State 75, No. 4 UNI 71 (semis)
No. 3 Illinois State 64, No. 2 Creighton 61 (semis)

This chart outlines how MVC teams have fared against one another at the league tournament (includes Gateway results,
1983-92). Read across for team’s record against league opponent. Record in parentheses is all-time tourney record. Teams
records vs. Creighton, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois are included in the totals.
TEAMS

BU

DU

UE

ILS

INS

MSU

UNI

SIU

WSU

Bradley (5-23)

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0-4

1-1

0-3

1-1

2-6

0-3

1-4

0-1

Drake (36-21)

4-0

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6-0

2-2

3-1

5-9

3-0

5-2

5-1

Evansville (14-12)

1-1

0-6

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1-0

0-1

1-1

3-1

2-1

2-0

Illinois State (20-17)

3-0

2-2

0-1

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3-2

2-2

1-2

4-4

0-2

Indiana State (12-21)

1-1

1-3

1-0

2-3

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0-5

2-1

2-2

2-1

Missouri State (39-17)

6-2

9-5

1-1

2-2

5-0

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5-1

4-0

2-3

UNI (15-17)

3-0

0-3

1-3

2-1

1-2

1-5

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0-0

5-1

Southern Illinois (16-20)

4-1

2-5

1-2

4-4

2-2

0-4

0-0

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1-0

Wichita State (11-21)

1-0

1-5

0-2

2-0

1-2

3-2

1-5

0-5

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*Note: Gateway Conference from 1983-92. Missouri Valley from 1993-present. Gateway members
were Bradley, Drake, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois,
Southwest Missouri State, Western Illinois and Wichita State. MVC members are Bradley, Drake,
Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Loyola, Missouri State, UNI, Southern Illinois and Wichita State.
League champion was determined by tournament in 1983, double round-robin play from 1984-86, and
postseason tournament from 1987 until present. Four teams qualified for tournament from 1987-92.
All 10 teams qualify from 1993-present.

Year by Year Tournament Champions

Year
Champion
1983
Illinois State
1984-86 - No Tournament
1987
Southern Illinois
1988
Eastern Illinois
1989
Illinois State
1990
Southern Illinois
1991
Missouri State
1992
Missouri State
1993
Missouri State
1994
Missouri State
1995
Drake
1996
Missouri State
1997
Drake
1998
Drake
1999
Evansville
2000
Drake
2001
Missouri State
2002
Creighton
2003
Missouri State
2004
Missouri State
2005
Illinois State
2006
Missouri State
2007
Drake
2008
Illinois State
2009
Evansville
2010
UNI
2011
UNI
2012
Creighton
2013
Wichita State

Runner-up
Southern Illinois

Score
62-54

Site
Normal, Ill.

Eastern Illinois
Illinois State
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Creighton
Missouri State
Illinois State
Wichita State
Missouri State
Creighton
Missouri State
Drake
Drake
Indiana State
Drake
Indiana State
Indiana State
Creighton
Drake
Creighton
Creighton
Missouri State
Drake
Illinois State

53-51
80-79
70-53
71-54
74-61
86-69
54-53
88-71
71-68 (OT)
59-56
78-59
73-59
75-72 (OT)
70-67
84-69
77-74
75-70
74-67
72-70
64-55
65-64 (OT)
70-62
47-45
54-53
69-41
53-38
69-65

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Des Moines, Iowa
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St. Charles, Mo.

Eleven non-No. 1seeds have won the MVC tournament title over the years, while 17 No. 1 seeds have been champions.
Below are the non-No. 1 seeds to win the league tournament.
Eastern Illinois - No. 2, 1988
Drake - No. 2, 1995
Missouri State - No. 2, 2001
Evansville - No. 4, 1999
Creighton - No. 4, 2012
Missorui State - No. 4, 2003

UNI - No. 5, 2010
Missouri State - No. 7, 2006
Drake - No. 8, 2007
Illinois State - No. 8, 2005
Evansville - No. 9, 2009