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Missouri Valley Conference

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US college athletic conference
For the related football-only conference, seeMissouri Valley Football Conference.

Missouri Valley Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1907; 118 years ago (1907)
CommissionerJeff Jackson (since 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 18
    • men's: 8
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
No. of teams11
HeadquartersSt. Louis, Missouri
RegionMidwestern &Southern United States
BroadcastersESPN

CBS/CBSSN

Gray Media
Official websitemvc-sports.com
Locations
Location of teams in
Missouri Valley Conference
Map
About OpenStreetMaps
Maps: terms of use
220km
137miles
Miami
Ball State
Bowling Green
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
Little Rock
Murray State
UIC
Belmont
Valparaiso
Southern Illinois
Northern Iowa
Indiana State
Illinois State
Evansville
Drake
Bradley
Location of MVC members:
full member affiliate member

TheMissouri Valley Conference (also calledMVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiateathletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in theMidwest though with substantial extension into the South in states likeKentucky,Tennessee, andArkansas.

History

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The MVC was established in 1907 (its charter member schools: theUniversity of Kansas,University of Missouri,University of Nebraska, andWashington University in St. Louis) as theMissouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA), 12 years after theBig Ten Conference, the only Division I conference that is older. It is the fourth-oldest college athletic conference in the United States, after the Big Ten Conference and theNCAA Division III'sMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) andOhio Athletic Conference (OAC).[1][2]

The MVIAA split in 1928, with most of the larger schools (theUniversity of Kansas,University of Missouri,University of Nebraska, Iowa Agricultural College (nowIowa State University),Kansas State University, andUniversity of Oklahoma) forming a conference that retained the MVIAA name; this conference evolved into theBig Eight Conference. The Big Eight merged with four Texas schools of theSouthwest Conference to form theBig 12 Conference in 1996.[3]

The smaller MVIAA schools (Drake, Grinnell and Washington University in St. Louis), plus Oklahoma A&M (nowOklahoma State University, which joined the Big Eight in 1957), were joined by Creighton to form the MVC, which retained the old MVIAA's administrative staff.

To this day, it has never been definitively established which conference was the original and which was the spinoff, though the Big Eight would go on to become the more prestigious of the two. During the Big Eight's run, both conferences claimed 1907 as their founding date, and the same history through 1927.

MVC teams held a 74–27 non-conference record during the2006–07 college basketball season, including a record of 44–1 at home. The Valley finished in the top six of the RPI and ahead of a BCS conference for the second consecutive year, while also garnering multiple NCAA bids for the ninth straight year and 12th of 14.[4]

The MVC has not sponsoredfootball since 1985, when it was a hybrid I-A/I-AA (now FBS and FCS, respectively) conference. However, five members have football programs in theMissouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) (known as the Gateway from 1985 to 2008) of Division I FCS, and two others compete in another FCS conference, thePioneer Football League. The Missouri Valley Conference shares its name with the MVFC, and all three conferences operate from the same headquarters complex inSt. Louis; however, the three are separate administratively.

After weeks of speculation,[5][6]Wichita State announced on April 7, 2017, that it would leave the conference to join theAmerican Athletic Conference starting with the 2017–18 season.[7] The conference announced it extended an invitation toValparaiso University on May 9, 2017;[8] and on May 25, the MVC announced that Valparaiso would officially join the following July 1.[9]

The most recent changes to the core MVC membership were announced during the 2021–22 school year. On September 28, 2021, the MVC andBelmont University jointly announced that the school would leave theOhio Valley Conference for the MVC effective July 1, 2022.[10] Then, on November 16,Loyola University Chicago announced it would leave the MVC at the same time, joining theAtlantic 10 Conference.[11] On the same day Loyola announced its departure, CBS Sports reported that the MVC was actively pursuing further expansion, having entered into talks with theUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City (known athletically as Kansas City),Murray State University, and theUniversity of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). The report indicated that the latter two were considered the strongest candidates, but that all three were likely to receive invitations in the coming months.[12] On January 7, 2022, the MVC announced that Murray State would officially join the conference on July 1 of that year.[13] UT Arlington would soon remove itself from the list of candidates by announcing a 2022 move to theWestern Athletic Conference.[14]

Shortly before Murray State was officially announced as an incoming MVC member, Matt Brown of theExtra Points college sports blog reported that the MVC was also in membership discussions with theUniversity of Illinois Chicago (UIC), then a member of theHorizon League. On the same weekend that Murray State's arrival was officially announced, MVC officials made a site visit to UIC. Brown's sources indicated that an invitation to UIC was likely. Brown noted that with the MVC losing Loyola, league officials believed that maintaining a presence in the city was a top priority, stating (emphasis in original):[15]

Throughout this process, multiple administrators at MVC institutions stressed the importance of getting access to new urban areas to recruit morestudents, not just athletes. With so many schools depending heavily on Chicago, and especially Chicago's suburbs, for enrollment, continuing to have a presence in the city was seen as a major priority.

On January 22, 2022, Matt Norlander ofCBSSports.com reported that UIC's July entry to the MVC was "a done deal", with his sources indicating that the MVC wanted to announce the move before the Conference Commissioners Association held its annual meeting inNaples, Florida in early February.[16] UIC's entry was officially announced on January 26.[17]

On May 10, 2024, Missouri State announced it would leave the MVC to transition to theFootball Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and joinConference USA, effective for the 2025–26 season.[18]

The MVC's decades-long ties with the MVFC were formalized when the latter announced a new conference structure on May 5, 2025, taking effect that July. Under the new structure, the MVFC's top two administrative positions will be filled by the commissioners of the MVC and the also non-footballSummit League, and both multisport conferences will share administrative operations. The MVC and Summit are the full-time conference homes of all but one of the MVFC's 10 members in the 2025 season.[19]

Member schools

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Current full members

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InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedTypeEnrollment[20]Endowment
(millions)		NicknameColors
Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee18902022[a]Private

(Christian)

8,700$356.8Bruins     
Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois18971948,
1955[b]		Private5,451$350Braves   
Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa18811907,
1956[b]		Private5,270$219.8Bulldogs   
University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana18541994Private

(UMC)

2,526$157Purple Aces     
University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois19462022Public30,539$3,380[c]Flames   
Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois18571981Public20,683$240Redbirds   
Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana18651976[d]Public13,584$102.9[21]Sycamores   
Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky19222022Public10,495$100.2Racers   
University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa18761991Public12,273$163Panthers   
Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, Illinois18691975Public11,695$171.8Salukis   
Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana18592017[e]Private

(Lutheran)

2,900$254.2Beacons[f]   
Notes
  1. ^Belmont had been an MVC affiliate in men's soccer for the 2000 fall season (2000–01 school year).
  2. ^abBradley and Drake both withdrew from the MVC during the 1951–52 school year in protest over theJohnny Bright incident, a racially motivated on-field attack by anOklahoma A&M football player againstDrake playerJohnny Bright in a 1951 game. Bradley returned to the MVC for non-football sports in the 1955–56 school year, with Drake doing the same a year later (1956–57 school year). However, Bradley never returned to MVC football, dropping the sport after the 1970 fall season (1970–71 school year), and Drake did not return for football until the 1971 fall season (1971–72 school year).
  3. ^Entire U of I system.
  4. ^The Indiana State men's basketball team joined the MVC a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1977–78).
  5. ^Valparaiso had been an MVC affiliate in women's soccer from the 1996 to the 1998 fall seasons (1996–97 to 1998–99 school years).
  6. ^Valparaiso officially adopted the "Beacons" nickname shortly before the start of classes in the 2021–22 school year after abandoning its previous nickname of Crusaders due to unfavorable connotations.

Affiliate members

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Note: In the case of spring sports, the year of joining is the calendar year before the start of competition.

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedTypeEnrollmentNicknamePrimary
conference		MVC
sport(s)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
(Little Rock)		Little Rock, Arkansas19272013–14Public13,167TrojansOVCwomen's swimming
Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana19182024–25Public21,597CardinalsMACmen's swimming and diving
Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green, Ohio19102023–24[a]18,142Falconsmen's soccer
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts18632025–2627,420Minutemenmen's swimming and diving
Miami UniversityOxford, Ohio18092024–2518,880RedHawksmen's swimming and diving
Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, Missouri19052025–26[b]26,000[24]Bears/Lady BearsCUSAmen's and women's swimming & diving
Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, Illinois18952023–2416,769HuskiesMACmen's soccer
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan19032023–2419,887BroncosMACmen's soccer
Notes
  1. ^Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan's full-time home of theMid-American Conference suspended men's soccer as a conference sport after the conclusion of the 2022 season.[22][23]
  2. ^Measured from Missouri State's departure from full MVC membership.


Former members

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Former full members (26)

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InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeEnrollmentNicknameCurrent
conference
Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana185519321934Private4,667BulldogsBig East
University of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio181919571970Public42,421BearcatsBig 12
Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska18781928,
1976[a]		1948,
2013		Private7,730BluejaysBig East
University of Detroit[b]Detroit, Michigan187719491956Private5,450TitansHorizon
Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa184619181939Private1,688PioneersMidwest[c]
University of HoustonHouston, Texas192719511959Public39,820CougarsBig 12
University of IowaIowa City, Iowa184719071908Public30,328HawkeyesBig Ten
Iowa State College[d]Ames, Iowa185819071928Public29,887CyclonesBig 12
University of KansasLawrence, Kansas186519071928Public29,462JayhawksBig 12
Kansas State College[e]Manhattan, Kansas186319131928Public23,863WildcatsBig 12
University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky17981963[f]1975Public19,743CardinalsACC
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois187020132022Private16,437[25]RamblersAtlantic 10
Memphis State University[g]Memphis, Tennessee191219681973Public23,031TigersThe American
University of MissouriColumbia, Missouri183919071928Public33,805TigersSEC
Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, Missouri190519902025Public26,000[26]Bears/Lady Bears[h]CUSA
University of NebraskaLincoln, Nebraska18691907,
1921		1919,
1928		Public24,593CornhuskersBig Ten
New Mexico State University[i]Las Cruces, New Mexico188819701983Public18,497AggiesCUSA
North Texas State University[j]Denton, Texas189019571975Public35,694Mean GreenThe American
University of OklahomaNorman, Oklahoma189019191928Public30,303SoonersSEC
Oklahoma A&M College[k]Stillwater, Oklahoma189019251956Public21,419Aggies/Cowboys[l]Big 12
Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, Missouri181819371974Private13,785BillikensAtlantic 10
University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma189419351996Private4,165Golden HurricaneThe American
Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas186519351942Public7,303IchabodsMIAA[m]
Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri185319071942Private14,070BearsUAA[c]
West Texas State University[n]Canyon, Texas191019721986Public7,843BuffaloesLone Star[m]
Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas189519492017Public14,495ShockersThe American
Notes
  1. ^Creighton previously withdrew from the MVC from 1948–49 to 1975–76.
  2. ^Currently known as the University of Detroit Mercy.
  3. ^abCurrently anNCAA Division III athletic conference.
  4. ^Currently known as Iowa State University.
  5. ^Currently known as Kansas State University.
  6. ^The Louisville men's basketball team joined the MVC a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1964–65).
  7. ^Currently known as the University of Memphis.
  8. ^In beach volleyball, a sport not sponsored by the MVC, Missouri State uses Beach Bears instead of Lady Bears.
  9. ^The New Mexico State football team joined the MVC a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1971–72); while its men's basketball team joined the MVC two years after (1972–73).
  10. ^Currently known as the University of North Texas.
  11. ^Currently known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.
  12. ^During Oklahoma A&M's tenure in the MVC, the nicknames "Aggies" and "Cowboys" were used interchangeably. When the school adopted its current name in 1957, the "Cowboys" nickname was exclusively adopted.
  13. ^abCurrently anNCAA Division II athletic conference.
  14. ^Currently known as West Texas A&M University.

Former affiliate members

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This list does not include current full members Belmont and Valparaiso. As noted above, the Bruins played men's soccer in the MVC for the 2000 fall season (2000–01 school year), and the Beacons, then known as the Crusaders, played women's soccer in the MVC from the 1996 to 1998 fall seasons (1996–97 to 1998–99 school years).

InstitutionLocationFoundedJoinedLeftTypeEnrollmentNicknamePrimary
conference		MVC
sport(s)
University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle Rock, Arkansas19271998–991999–2000Public13,167TrojansOVCwomen's soccer
University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas19072010–112018–19Public13,863BearsASUNmen's soccer
Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas18982013–142022–23Private5,545PatriotsLone Star[a][b]baseball
Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri18731999–20002004–05Private5,474PanthersGLVC[a]women's soccer
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois18951996–972010–11Public11,651PanthersOVCmen's soccer
University of HartfordHartford, Connecticut18772014–152015–16Private6,935HawksCNE[c]men's tennis[d]
Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia18372022–23[27][e]2023–24Public11,926Thundering HerdSun Beltwomen's swimming
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyCatonsville, Maryland[f]19662014–152015–16Public13,908RetrieversAmerica Eastmen's tennis[g]
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville[29]Edwardsville, Illinois19572010–11
2021–22		2017–18
2023–24		Public14,000CougarsOVCmen's soccer
Southern Methodist UniversityUniversity Park, Texas[h]19112000–012004–05Private12,000MustangsACCmen's soccer
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York19572014–152022–23Public24,594SeawolvesCAAmen's tennis (until 2016–17), women's tennis[i]
Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas18732000–012000–01Private9,518Horned FrogsBig 12men's soccer[j]
University of Tulsa[k]Tulsa, Oklahoma18942000–012004–05Private4,165Golden HurricaneThe Americanmen's soccer
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee18731997–982005–06Private12,714CommodoresSECmen's soccer[l]
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky19061997–982007–08Public21,048HilltoppersCUSAmen's soccer[m]
Notes
  1. ^abCurrently anNCAA Division II athletic conference.
  2. ^Dallas Baptist plays baseball inCUSA.
  3. ^Currently anNCAA Division III athletic conference.
  4. ^Hartford dropped men's tennis after the 2015–16 school year.
  5. ^Marshall will be an MVC affiliate for the 2022–23 season only. Marshall's full-time home of the Sun Belt Conference will add women's swimming & diving in 2023–24.[28]
  6. ^The camous has aBaltimore mailing address.
  7. ^UMBC dropped men's tennis after the 2015–16 season.
  8. ^The camous has aDallas mailing address.
  9. ^Stony Brook dropped men's tennis after the 2016–17 season. The school's women's tennis team remained an MVC affiliate, but left when it joined the CAA in July 2022.[30]
  10. ^TCU dropped men's soccer after the 2002 fall season (2002–03 school year).
  11. ^Tulsa was a full member from 1935–36 to 1995–96, but re-joined the MVC as a men's soccer associate from the 2000 to 2004 fall seasons (2000–01 to 2004–05 school years).
  12. ^Vanderbilt dropped men's soccer after the 2005 fall season (2005–06 school year).
  13. ^Western Kentucky dropped men's soccer after the 2007 fall season (2007–08 school year).

Membership timeline

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Full members Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) Assoc. member (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference 

Commissioners

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  1. C. E. McClung (1907–19??)[31]
  2. Arthur (Artie) E. Eilers (1925–1957)[31]
  3. Norvell Neve (1957–1969)[31][32]
  4. DeWitt T. Weaver (1969–1972)[31]
  5. Mickey Holmes (1972–1979)[33][31]
  6. David Price (1979–1981)[34][31]
  7. Richard D. Martin (1981–1985)[31]
  8. James A. Haney (1985–1988)[35][31]
  9. Doug Elgin (1988–2021)[31][36]
  10. Jeff Jackson (2021–present)

Sports

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Former Missouri Valley Conference logo

The Missouri Valley Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[37]Ball State (men),Little Rock (women), andMiami (OH) (men) are affiliates in swimming and diving, andBowling Green,Northern Illinois, andWestern Michigan are affiliates in men's soccer.

The most recent change to the roster of sports came in the 2024–25 school year, when the MVC reinstated men's swimming & diving after a 22-year absence. The inaugural season of the relaunched league features 7 sponsoring members, with full members Evansville, UIC, Missouri State, Southern Illinois, and Valparaiso joined by new affiliatesBall State andMiami (OH)— previously, all these programs were housed in theMid-American Conference.[38]

Teams in Missouri Valley Conference competition
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
9
–
Basketball
11
11
Cross country
11
11
Golf
9
11
Soccer
8
10
Softball
–
11
Swimming &diving
8
9
Tennis
–
8
Track and field (indoor)
10
11
Track and field (outdoor)
10
11
Volleyball
–
11

Men's sponsored sports by school

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SchoolBaseballBasketballCross
country		GolfSoccerSwimming
& diving		Track & field
(indoor)		Track & field
(outdoor)		Total MVC
sports
BelmontYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYes7
BradleyYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYes7
DrakeNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYes6
EvansvilleYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes8
UICYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes7
Illinois StateYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYes6
Indiana StateYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYes5
Murray StateYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo4
Northern IowaNoYesYesYesNoNoYesYes5
Southern IllinoisYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes7
ValparaisoYesYesYesYesNoYes[a]YesYes7
Totals9111195+3[b]4+4[c]101069+7
  1. ^Valparaiso does not include diving in its intercollegiate aquatics program.
  2. ^Men's soccer associates Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan. NIU will leave after the 2025 season when it rejoins theHorizon League, which sponsors that sport.
  3. ^Men's swimming & diving associates Ball State, Miami (Ohio), Missouri State, and UMass.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Missouri Valley Conference which are played by Valley schools:

SchoolFootballRifle[a]TennisWrestling
BelmontNoNoHorizonNo
DrakePioneer LeagueNoSummitNo
UICNoNoMACNo
Illinois StateMVFCNoSummitNo
Indiana StateMVFCNoNoNo
Murray StateMVFCOVC[b]NoNo
Northern IowaMVFCNoNoBig 12
Southern IllinoisMVFCNoNoNo
ValparaisoPioneer LeagueNoNoNo
  1. ^Rifle is a fully coeducational sport, though the NCAA treats it as a men's sport for purposes of its sports sponsorship regulations.
  2. ^Murray State fields a single coeducational rifle team.

Women's sponsored sports by school

[edit]
SchoolBasketballCross
country		GolfSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack & field
(indoor)		Track & field
(outdoor)		VolleyballTotal MVC
sports
BelmontYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes9
BradleyYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesYes8
DrakeYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes9
EvansvilleYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes9
UICYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
Illinois StateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
Indiana StateYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes9
Murray StateYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes9
Northern IowaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
Southern IllinoisYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYes8
ValparaisoYesYesYesYesYesYes[a]YesYesYesYes10
Totals11111110117+2[b]811111182+2
  1. ^Valparaiso does not include diving in its intercollegiate aquatics program for either men or women.
  2. ^Swimming & diving associates Little Rock and Missouri State

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Missouri Valley Conference which are played by Valley schools:

SchoolBowlingGymnasticsRifle[a]Rowing
DrakeNoNoNoMAAC
Illinois StateNoMICNoNo
Murray StateNoNoOVC[b]No
ValparaisoCUSANoNoNo
  1. ^Rifle is a fully coeducational sport, though the NCAA treats it as a men's sport for purposes of its sports sponsorship regulations.
  2. ^Murray State fields a single coeducational rifle team.

Facilities

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SchoolSoccer StadiumCapacityBasketball CenterCapacitySoftball ComplexCapacityBaseball FieldCapacity
Belmont[39]E. S. Rose Park300Curb Event Center5,085E. S. Rose Park250E. S. Rose Park750
Bradley[40]Shea Stadium3,800Men:Carver Arena
Women:Renaissance Coliseum		11,060
4,200		Louisville Slugger Sports Complex1,000Dozer Park8,500
Drake[41]Mediacom Stadium4,000The Knapp Center6,424Ron Buel Field500Non-baseball school
Evansville[42]Arad McCutchan Stadium2,500Men:Ford Center
Women: Meeks Family Fieldhouse		10,000
1,087		James & Dorothy
Cooper Stadium		650Charles H. Braun Stadium1,200
UIC[43]Flames Field1,200Credit Union 1 Arena8,000Flames Field500Curtis Granderson Stadium2,000
Illinois State[44]Adelaide Street Field1,000CEFCU Arena10,200Marian Kneer Softball Stadium1,050Duffy Bass Field1,000
Indiana State[45]Memorial Stadium12,764Hulman Center9,000Eleanor Forsythe St. John Softball Complex700Sycamore Stadium2,000
Murray State[46]Cutchin Field250CFSB Center8,600Racer Field500Johnny Reagan Field800
Northern Iowa[47]UNI Soccer Field—McLeod Center6,500Robinson-Dresser Sports Complex—Non-baseball school
Southern Illinois[48]Saluki Stadium15,000Banterra Center8,339Charlotte West Stadium502Itchy Jones Stadium2,000
Valparaiso[49]Brown Field5,000Athletics–Recreation Center5,000Valpo Softball Complex—Emory G. Bauer Field500
Affiliate members
Bowling Green[50]Mickey Cochrane Stadium1,500Men's soccer-only member
Northern Illinois[51]NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex1,500
Western Michigan[52]WMU Soccer Complex1,000
Note
  1. For football venues of the member schools who participate in the sport, seeMissouri Valley Football Conference | Facilities and Pioneer Football League | Conference facilities.

Basketball tournament champions by year

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Main articles:Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament andMissouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament is often referred to as Arch Madness, in reference to theGateway Arch at the tournament's present location ofSt. Louis, Missouri, and a play on "March Madness". The women's tournament is currently promoted as Hoops in the Heartland.

SeasonMen's ChampionWomen's Champion
1977Southern IllinoisNo Tournament
1978CreightonNo Tournament
1979Indiana StateNo Tournament
1980BradleyNo Tournament
1981CreightonNo Tournament
1982TulsaNo Tournament
1983Illinois StateIllinois State
1984TulsaNo Tournament
1985Wichita StateNo Tournament
1986TulsaNo Tournament
1987Wichita StateSouthern Illinois
1988BradleyEastern Illinois
1989CreightonIllinois State
1990Illinois StateSouthern Illinois
1991CreightonSouthwest Missouri State
1992Southwest Missouri StateSouthwest Missouri State
1993Southern IllinoisSouthwest Missouri State
1994Southern IllinoisSouthwest Missouri State
1995Southern IllinoisDrake
1996TulsaSouthwest Missouri State
1997Illinois StateIllinois State
1998Illinois StateIllinois State
1999CreightonEvansville
2000CreightonDrake
2001Indiana StateSouthwest Missouri State
2002CreightonCreighton
2003CreightonSouthwest Missouri State
2004Northern IowaSouthwest Missouri State
2005CreightonIllinois State
2006Southern IllinoisMissouri State
2007CreightonDrake
2008DrakeIllinois State
2009Northern IowaEvansville
2010Northern IowaNorthern Iowa
2011Indiana StateNorthern Iowa
2012CreightonCreighton
2013CreightonWichita State
2014Wichita StateWichita State
2015Northern IowaWichita State
2016Northern IowaMissouri State
2017Wichita StateDrake
2018Loyola ChicagoDrake
2019BradleyMissouri State
2020BradleyCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021Loyola ChicagoBradley
2022Loyola ChicagoIllinois State
2023DrakeDrake
2024DrakeDrake
2025DrakeMurray State

NB: Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until August 2005.

Postseason history multiple bids

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NCAA tournament
YearMVC Rep.
1979(1) Indiana State(10) New Mexico State
1981(6) Wichita State(8) Creighton
1984(4) Tulsa(8) Illinois State
1985(6) Tulsa(9) Illinois State(11) Wichita State
1986(7) Bradley(10) Tulsa
1987(11) Tulsa(11) Wichita State
1988(9) Bradley(12) Wichita State
1994(11) Southern Illinois(12) Tulsa
1995(6) Tulsa(10) Southern Illinois
1996(8) Bradley(11) Tulsa
1999(10) Creighton(11) Evansville(12) Southwest Missouri State
2000(10) Creighton(12) Indiana State
2001(10) Creighton(13) Indiana State
2002(11) Southern Illinois(12) Creighton
2003(6) Creighton(11) Southern Illinois
2004(9) Southern Illinois(14) Northern Iowa
2005(7) Southern Illinois(10) Creighton(11) Northern Iowa
2006(7) Wichita State(10) Northern Iowa(11) Southern Illinois(13) Bradley
2007(4) Southern Illinois(10) Creighton
2012(5) Wichita State(8) Creighton
2013(7) Creighton(9) Wichita State
2015(5) Northern Iowa(7) Wichita State
2016(11) Northern Iowa(11) Wichita State
2021(8) Loyola Chicago(11) Drake

National team titles by institution

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School – Number – NCAA championships

  • Belmont
  • Bradley – 2[53]
  • Drake – 3[53]
  • Evansville – 0+5*[53]
  • UIC
  • Illinois State – 0+1*[53]
  • Indiana State – 1[53]
  • Missouri State – 0 +2*[53]
  • Murray State
  • UNI – 1+2*[53]
  • Southern Illinois – 5+3*[53]
  • Valparaiso – 0[53]

NCAA Championships as of March 2013

(*-Titles won by schools in Division II/College Division prior to their moving to Division I in the late 1960s or early 1970s)

Football poll, Helms andAIAW titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count.

Men's basketball attendance

[edit]

Sources:[54][55][56]

The Valley is well known for having some of the most dedicated fanbases in all of college basketball, with several members regularly selling out their large arenas on a nightly basis throughout the year. Former member Creighton had the sixth highest attendance for Division I in 2012–13, while Bradley, Illinois State, Missouri State, and Indiana State were all among the NCAA's top 100 teams in home attendance.

In 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2012–13, the Valley maintained its position as the eighth ranked conference in average attendance.

The Valley made history in March 2007, with record attendance for four days at St. Louis' Scottrade Center as 85,074 fans turned out to watch the five sessions of the conference tournament. The two sellout crowds of 22,612 for the semifinals and final of the 2007 tournament set an all-time attendance record for basketball at the arena and also gave the Valley the distinction of having the largest championship crowd for any of the 30 NCAA conference tournaments in 2007.[57]

Football champions by year

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MVC TV Network

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Since at least 1993, the MVC has produced an in-house package of sports as part of theMVC TV Network.[58]Starting in 1996, those telecasts were produced, in part, byBally Sports Midwest (formerly Fox Sports Midwest). These games were distributed toregional sports networks includingBally Sports Indiana,Bally Sports Kansas City,Bally Sports South,Bally Sports Southeast, andNBC Sports Chicago (nowChicago Sports Network), as well as shown on Bally Sports Midwest.[59] Until the2020–21 season, some of these telecasts also aired onFox College Sports. Outside of regional networks these telecasts were also available onESPN3 until the2018–19 season; those telecasts were then migrated over toESPN+.[60]

Starting with the 2024–25 academic year, production and distribution rights were acquired byGray Media, with Gray Media-owned Indianapolis-basedTupelo Honey handling the actual production and distribution.[61] It is a linear over-the-air station package distributed in Gray Media markets within the MVC member states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee as well as third-party broadcast partners in markets within those same states where Gray Media has no presence; in addition, simulcasts will be available live nationally (via ESPN+ and through the ESPN app) without any digital blackouts (prior contracts prohibited simulcast availability within the MVC footprint).

The MVC TV Network serves as the home for the opening and quarterfinal rounds ofArch Madness (the nickname for the MVC men's basketball tournament).

See also

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