# 2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2021–22 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, during March 3–6, 2022. The winner, the Loyola Ramblers, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by comparison of records between the tying institutions versus the top team in the standings (and continuing from top to bottom of standings, as necessary, with the team having the better record against that team receiving the better seed). The top six seeds received opening–round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | Northern Iowa | 14–4 | | |
| 2 | Missouri State | 13–5 | 3–1 vs. Drake/Loyola | |
| 3 | Drake | 13–5 | 2–2 vs. Missouri St./Loyola | 2–0 vs. Loyola |
| 4 | Loyola Chicago | 13–5 | 1–3 vs. Missouri St./Drake | 0–2 vs. Drake |
| 5 | Bradley | 11–7 | | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois | 9–9 | | |
| 7 | Valparaiso | 6–12 | | |
| 8 | Illinois State | 5–13 | | |
| 9 | Indiana State | 4–14 | | |
| 10 | Evansville | 2–16 | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time * | Matchup | Score | Television |
| Opening Round – Thursday, March 3 |||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | #8 Illinois State vs. #9 Indiana State | 58-53 | MVC TV |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | #7 Valparaiso vs. #10 Evansville | 81–59 | MVC TV |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | #1 Northern Iowa vs. #8 Illinois State | 78–65 | MVC TV |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | #4 Loyola Chicago vs. #5 Bradley | 66–50 | MVC TV |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | #2 Missouri State vs. #7 Valparaiso | 67–58 | MVC TV |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | #3 Drake vs. #6 Southern Illinois | 65–52 | MVC TV |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 |||||
| 7 | 2:30 pm | #1 Northern Iowa vs. #4 Loyola Chicago | 43–66 | CBSSN |
| 8 | 5:00 pm | #2 Missouri State vs. #3 Drake | 78–79$^{OT}$ | CBSSN |
| Final – Sunday, March 6 |||||
| 9 | 1:00 pm | #4 Loyola Chicago vs. #3 Drake | 64–58 | CBS/Paramount+ |
| * Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed. |||||

## Bracket

| Opening Round Thursday, March 3 MVC TV | Opening Round Thursday, March 3 MVC TV | Opening Round Thursday, March 3 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 MVC TV | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 CBSSN | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 CBSSN | Semifinals Saturday, March 5 CBSSN | Final Sunday, March 6 CBS/Paramount+ | Final Sunday, March 6 CBS/Paramount+ | Final Sunday, March 6 CBS/Paramount+ |
| | | | 1 | Northern Iowa | 78 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Illinois State | 58 | 8 | Illinois State | 65 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Indiana State | 53 | | | | 1 | Northern Iowa | 43 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Loyola Chicago | 66 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Loyola Chicago | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Bradley | 50 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Loyola Chicago | 64 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Drake | 58 |
| | | | 2 | Missouri State | 67 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Valparaiso | 81 | 7 | Valparaiso | 58 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Evansville | 59 | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 78 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Drake | 79* | | | |
| | | | 3 | Drake | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Southern Illinois | 52 | | | | | | |