2026 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2026 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams11
SiteXtream Arena
Coralville, Iowa
ChampionsMurray State
TelevisionESPN2, ESPN+
2025–26 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Murray State † 19 – 1   .950 31 – 4   .886
Belmont 16 – 4   .800 20 – 12   .625
Illinois State 13 – 7   .650 20 – 13   .606
Northern Iowa 13 – 7   .650 18 – 14   .563
Bradley 13 – 7   .650 20 – 13   .606
Drake 10 – 10   .500 12 – 20   .375
UIC 9 – 11   .450 14 – 18   .438
Southern Illinois 7 – 13   .350 10 – 20   .333
Indiana State 5 – 15   .250 10 – 22   .313
Evansville 5 – 15   .250 10 – 25   .286
Valparaiso 0 – 20   .000 0 – 32   .000
† 2026 MVC tournament winner
As of March 20, 2026

The 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, was a postseason women's basketball tournament that completed the 2025–26 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Xtream Arena for the first time in Coralville, Iowa March 12-15, 2026.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by their conference record.

Two-way ties are broken by utilizing head-to-head record; should a tie still remain, the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings the day following all conference teams having completed their regular season will be used.

Three (or more) way ties are broken by first determining the cumulative record for each tied team versus the other teams with the same conference record. Should any teams still remain tied (and there are more than two), the cumulative record would again be used on those remaining teams; should any teams still remain (and there are only two), the two-way approach would be leveraged.[1]

Seed School Conference
Record 		Tiebreaker
(1)
1 Murray State 19–1
2 Belmont 16–4
3 Illinois State 13–7 3–1 vs. Northern Iowa and Bradley
4 Northern Iowa 13–7 2–2 vs. Illinois State and Bradley
5 Bradley 13–7 1–3 vs. Illinois State and Northern Iowa
6 Drake 10–10
7 UIC 9–11
8 Southern Illinois 7–13
9 Indiana State 5–15 2–0 vs. Evansville
10 Evansville 5–15 0–2 vs. Indiana State
11 Valparaiso 0–20

Schedule

Session Game Time * Matchup Score Attendance Television
Opening Round – March 12
I 1 3:30 pm No. 8 Southern Illinois vs. No. 9 Indiana State 69–81 912 ESPN+
2 6:00 pm No. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Evansville 71–76
3 8:30 pm No. 6 Drake vs. No. 11 Valparaiso 55–81
Quarterfinals – March 13
II 4 12:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 9 Indiana State 105–88 1,074 ESPN+
5 2:30 pm No. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Bradley 74–73
III 6 6:00 pm No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 10 Evansville 63–76 954
7 8:30 pm No. 3 Illinois State vs. No. 6 Drake 69–62
Semifinals – March 14
IV 8 1:30 pm No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa 72-59 1,382 ESPN+
9 4:00 pm No. 3 Illinois State vs. No. 10 Evansville 70-75OT
Final – March 15
V 10 1:00 p.m. No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 10 Evansville 91–70 854 ESPN2
* Game times in Central Time Zone; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Opening Round
March 12
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
March 13
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 14
ESPN+ 		Final
March 15
ESPN2
1 Murray State 105
8 Southern Illinois 69 9 Indiana State 88
9 Indiana State 81 1 Murray State 72
4 Northern Iowa 59
4 Northern Iowa 74
5 Bradley 73
1 Murray State 91
10 Evansville 70
2 Belmont 63
7 UIC 71 10 Evansville 76
10 Evansville 76 10 Evansville 80*
3 Illinois State 75
3 Illinois State 69
6 Drake 81 6 Drake 62
11 Valparaiso 55

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "State Farm MVC Tournament Men’s Basketball Tiebreaker" MVC-Sports.com. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
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