Kicking off March 7 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) tournament — known as “Arch Madness” — will decide the winner of the conference’s automatic bid to this year’s NCAA Tournament.
After winning both the MVC regular season title and conference tournament last season, the Loyola men’s basketball team (19-12, 12-6) returns as the tournament’s top overall seed. Following the Ramblers is No. 2 seed Drake University with Southern Illinois University checking in as the No. 3 seed.
The Loyola Roller-Coaster Ride
The Ramblers completed a roller-coaster regular season March 2 with an 81-68 victory over Bradley University in front of a sold-out Gentile Arena.