2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Teams 10
Site Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Champions Indiana State (3rd title)
Winning coach Greg Lansing (1st title)
MVP Jermaine Mallett (Missouri State)
Television FSN Midwest, CBS
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Missouri State 15 3   .833     26 9   .743
Wichita State 14 4   .778     29 8   .784
Indiana State 12 6   .667     20 14   .588
Northern Iowa 10 8   .556     20 14   .588
Creighton 10 8   .556     23 16   .590
Evansville 9 9   .500     16 16   .500
Drake 7 11   .389     13 18   .419
Southern Illinois 5 13   .278     13 19   .406
Illinois State 4 14   .222     12 19   .387
Bradley 4 14   .222     12 20   .375
2011 MVC Tournament winner
As of April 1, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 3–6, 2011 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was broadcast live on CBS on Sunday March 6 at 1:05 pm CST. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

After coming from behind in each their first two games, the #1 seed Missouri State Bears fell short to #3 seed Indiana State. Indiana State, who had needed a buzzer-beater against Evansville in the first round, made their first NCAA tournament appearance in a decade. They also defeated #2 seed Wichita State in the semifinal, en route to only their third NCAA Tournament since Larry Bird played on their team. Aaron Carter led the Sycamores in the win with 15 points.

Tournament Bracket

  First Round
Thursday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Sunday, March 6
                                     
    1  Missouri State 58  
8  Southern Illinois 57     8  Southern Illinois 56    
  1  Missouri State 60  
9  Illinois State 54    
  5  Creighton 50    
4  Northern Iowa 57
   
  5  Creighton 60  
    1  Missouri State 56
  3  Indiana State 60
  3  Indiana State 52    
6  Evansville 50    
  3  Indiana State 61
7  Drake 48  
  2  Wichita State 54  
10  Bradley 63     10  Bradley 56
 
    2  Wichita State 70