The Missouri Valley’s auto-bid into the NCAA Tournament is on the line this week as the conference tournament begins in St. Louis. All 10 MVC teams will be in action, battling for a trip the Big Dance and official conference supremacy. It all gets underway on Thursday with the opening round of the tournament.
Missouri Valley Tournament 2012 Bracket And Schedule Day 1
‘Arch Madness’ is descending upon Missouri for the 2012 Missouri Valley Tournament, to be played starting Thursday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
The seeding in the 2012 MVC Tournament is clear-cut at the top and bottom, and a gigantic mess everywhere in between. Wichita State, at 26-4 overall and 16-2 in conference, locked up the top seed over Creighton, who finished two games behind at 14-4 in conference. Then things get a little wacky.
Five teams finished the conference slate at 9-9, creating a mess of tiebreakers to sort out the seeding. Evansville won the tiebreakers, which may have included a coin flip and relay race, to take the No. 3 seed. Illinois State lost the hop scotch tiebreaker, but still managed to take the No. 4 seed into the tournament. Northern Iowa and Missouri State were the fifth- and sixth-seed, respectively.
The remaining four teams will battle it out in play-in games on Thursday. The schedule and other information can be found below.
Day 1 Schedule
6:05 p.m. - No. 8 Indiana St. Sycamores vs. No. 9 Southern Illinois Salukis
8:35 p.m. - No. 7 Drake Bulldogs vs. Bradley Braves
The full tournament bracket can be found here.
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