# 2024 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Hoops in the Heartland", is a postseason women's basketball tournament that completed the 2023–24 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois from March 14-17, 2024.

## Seeds

Teams are 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 four seeds receive opening–round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 |
| 1 | Drake | 19–1 | |
| 2 | Belmont | 17–3 | |
| 3 | Missouri State | 15–5 | |
| 4 | Northern Iowa | 14–6 | |
| 5 | Illinois State | 13–7 | |
| 6 | Murray State | 12–8 | |
| 7 | UIC | 10–10 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois | 6–14 | 1–1 vs. UIC |
| 9 | Indiana State | 6–14 | 0–1 vs. UIC |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 4–16 | |
| 11 | Bradley | 2–18 | 1–0 vs. Evansville |
| 12 | Evansville | 2–18 | 0–1 vs. Bradley |

## Schedule

| Game | Time * | Matchup | Score | Television |
| Opening Round – Thursday, March 14 |||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Southern Illinois vs. No. 9 Indiana State | 54–66 | MVC TV |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Illinois State vs. No. 12 Evansville | 85–64 | MVC TV |
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 UIC vs. No. 10 Valparaiso | 79–77 | MVC TV |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Bradley | 87–49 | MVC TV |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15 |||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 9 Indiana State | 79–57 | MVC TV |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Northern Iowa vs. No. 5 Illinois State | 79–75 | MVC TV |
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 7 UIC | 70–65 | MVC TV |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Missouri State vs. No. 6 Murray State | 71–70 | MVC TV |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 |||||
| 9 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa | 92–83$^{OT}$ | MVC TV |
| 10 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Belmont vs. No. 3 Missouri State | 48–63 | MVC TV |
| Final – Sunday, March 17 |||||
| 11 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Missouri State | 76–75 | ESPN2 |
| * Game times in CST; rankings denote tournament seed. |||||

## Bracket

| First Round Thursday, March 14 MVC TV | First Round Thursday, March 14 MVC TV | First Round Thursday, March 14 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 MVC TV | Quarterfinals Friday, March 15 MVC TV | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 MVC TV | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 MVC TV | Semifinals Saturday, March 16 MVC TV | Final Sunday, March 17 ESPN2 | Final Sunday, March 17 ESPN2 | Final Sunday, March 17 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Drake | 79 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois | 54 | 9 | Indiana State | 57 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Indiana State | 66 | | | | 1 | Drake | 92* | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Northern Iowa | 83 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Iowa | 79 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Illinois State | 85 | 5 | Illinois State | 75 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Evansville | 64 | | | | | | | 1 | Drake | 76 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Missouri State | 75 |
| | | | 2 | Belmont | 70 | | | | | | |
| 7 | UIC | 79 | 7 | UIC | 65 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Valparaiso | 77 | | | | 2 | Belmont | 48 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Missouri State | 63 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Missouri State | 71 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Murray State | 87 | 6 | Murray State | 70 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Bradley | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
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