# 2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament, promoted as Hoops in the Heartland, was part of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 10–13, 2022, at the TaxSlayer Center.

## Seeds

2022 MVC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Southern Illinois ‡# | 15–3 | 20–8 | |
| 2 | Missouri State# | 14–4 | 23–6 | |
| 3 | Northern Iowa# | 13–5 | 20–9 | |
| 4 | Illinois State | 12–6 | 16–13 | |
| 5 | Loyola-Chicago# | 10–8 | 18–11 | |
| 6 | Valparaiso# | 9–9 | 11–18 | 2–0 vs. Drake |
| 7 | Drake | 9–9 | 17–12 | 0–2 vs. Valparaiso |
| 8 | Indiana State | 5–13 | 10–19 | |
| 9 | Evansville | 2–16 | 8–21 | |
| 10 | Bradley | 1–17 | 4–23 | |
| ‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Evansville | 89-75 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Drake vs. No. 10 Bradley | 71-56 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | Noon | No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 8 Indiana State | 77-61 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Loyola-Chicago | 68-52 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Drake | 63-49 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Valparaiso | 63-39 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 4 Illinois State | 42-50 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | 57-63 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Sunday, March 13 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | 50–48 | ESPNU |
| Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Tournament bracket

| First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 13 ESPNU | Championship Sunday, March 13 ESPNU | Championship Sunday, March 13 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Southern Illinois | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Indiana State | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Indiana State | 89 | 8 | Indiana State | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Evansville | 75 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Evansville | 75 | | | | 1 | Southern Illinois | 42 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Illinois State | 50 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Illinois State | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Loyola-Chicago | 52 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Illinois State | 50 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 48 |
| | | | 2 | Missouri State | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Drake | 49 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Drake | 71 | 7 | Drake | 49 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bradley | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bradley | 56 | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 57 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 63 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Valparaiso | 39 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime