The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) was part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois March 14–17, 2019, at the TaxSlayer Center. Missouri State defeated Drake to receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Alexa Willard was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Tie-breaking procedures 1. Winner of head-to-head competition 2. If three or more teams are tied, regular-season competition among the tied teams shall be pooled into a "mini round-robin." Teams shall be ranked according to their position in such a round-robin. 3. Power rating using MVC games: Team place Road win Home win 1st 20 pts. 19 pts. 2nd 18 pts. 17 pts. 3rd 16 pts. 15 pts. 4th 14 pts. 13 pts. 5th 12 pts. 11 pts. 6th 10 pts. 19 pts. 7th 8 pts. 7 pts. 8th 6 pts. 5 pts. 9th 4 pts. 3 pts. 10th 2 pts. 1 pts.
4. The most recently available NCAA RPI ranking
Seeds 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over.1‡ # Drake 17–1 25–52# Missouri State 16–2 20–93# Northern Iowa 12–6 19–114# Illinois State 11–7 18–115# Bradley 10–6 20–96# Southern Illinois 8–10 15–147 Loyola–Chicago 6–12 12–178 Indiana State 5–13 11–189 Valparaiso 3–15 7–2310 Evansville 2–16 4–25‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular-season champions and tournament No. 1 seed# – Received a single bye in the conference tournamentOverall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday, March 14 1 1 4:00 p.m. No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Valparaiso ESPN+ 905 2 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Loyola vs No. 10 Evansville Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15 2 3 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Valparaiso ESPN+ 1,509 4 2:30 p.m. No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Bradley 3 5 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Loyola 1,542 6 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 4 7 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Illinois State ESPN+ 2,254 8 4:00 p.m. No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa Final – Sunday, March 17 5 9 2:00 p.m. No. 1 Drake vs. No. 2 Missouri State ESPN+ 1,558* – Game times in CT # – Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket Source:
See also 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
References
External links Tournament Official Website Missouri Valley Conference Official Website