2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	12
Site	Ford Center Evansville, Indiana
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournaments

2024–25 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Murray State †	16	–	4		.800			25	–	8		.758
Missouri State	16	–	4		.800			26	–	9		.743
Belmont	15	–	5		.750			26	–	13		.667
Drake	15	–	5		.750			22	–	12		.647
Illinois State	14	–	6		.700			24	–	13		.649
Northern Iowa	11	–	9		.550			17	–	17		.500
UIC	10	–	10		.500			15	–	18		.455
Valparaiso	9	–	11		.450			13	–	19		.406
Bradley	7	–	13		.350			14	–	19		.424
Evansville	3	–	17		.150			7	–	25		.219
Southern Illinois	2	–	18		.100			4	–	26		.133
Indiana State	2	–	18		.100			4	–	28		.125
† 2025 MVC tournament winner

The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, referred to as "Hoops in the Heartland", is a postseason women's basketball tournament that will complete the 2024–25 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament will be held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana from March 13-16, 2025.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by 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.

The top four seeds receive opening-round byes.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Murray State	16–4	NET: 56
2	Missouri State	16–4	NET: 66
3	Belmont	15–5	NET: 61
4	Drake	15–5	NET: 68
5	Illinois State	14–6
6	Northern Iowa	11–9
7	UIC	10–10
8	Valparaiso	9–11
9	Bradley	7–13
10	Evansville	3–17
11	Indiana State	2–18	NET: 287
12	Southern Illinois	2–18	NET: 338

Schedule

Game	Time *	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening Round – Thursday, March 13
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Valparaiso vs. No. 9 Bradley	58–64	ESPN+
2	2:30 pm	No. 5 Illinois State vs. No. 12 Southern Illinois	88–48
3	6:00 pm	No. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Evansville	72–62
4	8:30 pm	No. 6 Northern Iowa vs. No. 11 Indiana State	87–73
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
5	12:00 pm	No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 9 Bradley	86–50	ESPN+
6	2:30 pm	No. 4 Drake vs. No. 5 Illinois State	75–69
7	6:00 pm	No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 UIC	77–70
8	8:30 pm	No. 3 Belmont vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa	64–46
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
9	1:30 pm	No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 4 Drake	96–90	ESPN+
10	4:00 pm	No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Belmont	67–76
Championship – Sunday, March 16
11	1:15 pm	No. 1 Murray State vs. No. 3 Belmont	83–62	ESPN2
* Game times in CST through the semifinals and CDT for the championship; rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	Opening Round Thursday, March 13 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN+					Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN+					Final Sunday, March 16 ESPN2
						1	Murray State	86
	8	Valparaiso	58			9	Bradley	50
	9	Bradley	64								1	Murray State	96
											4	Drake	90
						4	Drake	75
	5	Illinois State	88			5	Illinois State	69
	12	Southern Illinois	48													1	Murray State	83
																3	Belmont	62
						2	Missouri State	77
	7	UIC	72			7	UIC	70
	10	Evansville	62								2	Missouri State	67
											3	Belmont	76
						3	Belmont	64
	6	Northern Iowa	87			6	Northern Iowa	46
	11	Indiana State	73

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