In what could’ve been considered the most wide open Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament in recent memory, the “madness” returned to Arch Madness March 7-10 as a No. 5 seed and No. 6 seed competed in the championship game.
Coming into the tournament, there were two MVC regular season champions — Loyola and Drake University — and all odds pointed to one of those teams winning the tournament. Both teams ended up losing in their respective tournament semifinal games.
In the semifinal game of Arch Madness, No. 1 seed Loyola got knocked out by No. 5 seed Bradley University, which ended all hopes of second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.