The 2017-18 season has been an historic one for Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball as the league is in the midst of one of its best starts in the past half century. Six teams enter the second week of December in the Top 100 of the RPI (Ratings Percentage Index), and Loyola's win at No. 5 Florida on Dec. 6 marked the first Top-5 road win by a league member since 1967.
The Missouri Valley Conference will conduct its 28th St. Louis-based postseason men's basketball championship when the State Farm MVC Tournament takes the hardwood at Scottrade Center, on March 1-4, 2018.