# 2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

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 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Evansville | 72–62 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Northern Iowa vs. No. 11 Indiana State | 87–73 | ESPN+ |
| 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 | ESPN+ |
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 UIC | 77–70 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Belmont vs. No. 6 Northern Iowa | 64–46 | ESPN+ |
| 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 | ESPN+ |
| 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+ | Opening Round Thursday, March 13 ESPN+ | Opening Round Thursday, March 13 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN+ | Final Sunday, March 16 ESPN2 | Final Sunday, March 16 ESPN2 | 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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