# 2019 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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 | 25–5 |
| 2 | # Missouri State | 16–2 | 20–9 |
| 3 | # Northern Iowa | 12–6 | 19–11 |
| 4 | # Illinois State | 11–7 | 18–11 |
| 5 | # Bradley | 10–6 | 20–9 |
| 6 | # Southern Illinois | 8–10 | 15–14 |
| 7 | Loyola–Chicago | 6–12 | 12–17 |
| 8 | Indiana State | 5–13 | 11–18 |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 3–15 | 7–23 |
| 10 | Evansville | 2–16 | 4–25 |
| ‡ – 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$^#$ | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Thursday, March 14 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 8 Indiana State vs. No. 9 Valparaiso | ESPN+ | 905 |
| 1 | 2 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 7 Loyola vs No. 10 Evansville | ESPN+ | 905 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Valparaiso | ESPN+ | 1,509 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 Illinois State vs. No. 5 Bradley | ESPN+ | 1,509 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Loyola | ESPN+ | 1,542 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Southern Illinois | ESPN+ | 1,542 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Illinois State | ESPN+ | 2,254 |
| 4 | 8 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | ESPN+ | 2,254 |
| 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:
| First round Thursday, March 14 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 14 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 14 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 17 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 17 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 17 ESPN+ |
| | | | 1 | Drake | 86 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Valparaiso | 58 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Indiana State | 77 | 9 | Valparaiso | 58 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 79 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 79 | | | | 1 | Drake | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Illinois State | 54 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Illinois State | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Bradley | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Drake | 79 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 94 |
| | | | 2 | Missouri State | 59 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Loyola-Chicago | 50 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Loyola | 90 | 7 | Loyola-Chicago | 50 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Evansville | 80 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Evansville | 80 | | | | 2 | Missouri State | 89 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 64 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Northern Iowa | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Southern Illinois | 63 | | | | | | |