2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 6–9 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was televised on CBS on Sunday March 9 at 1:05 pm (central). The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.^[1]

Tournament bracket

Game summaries

Tournament notes

• Wichita State's championship win made them the first team to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated since UNLV in 1991^[2]

Awards

The following were honored as the top players of the tournament:^[3]

• Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
• Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
• Cleanthony Early, Wichita State
• Jake Odum, Indiana State
• D.J. Balentine, Evansville

Tekele Cotton of the Wichita State Shockers was named the tournament's most outstanding player (MOP) after scoring 20 points and grabbing 3 rebounds in the championship game against Indiana State. In the game, he scored the second most points behind Fred VanVleet, who added 22.

References

1. "No. 2 Wichita State (34–0) wins Missouri Valley Conference tournament". ESPN. Associated Press. March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
2. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1986613-indiana-state-vs-wichita-state-score-and-recap-as-shockers-go-undefeated Indiana State vs Wichita State: Recap - Bleacher Report
3. http://www.mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/14alltournament/ Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Men's Basketball - 2014 All-Tournament Team - MVC-Sports.com