Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Established	1907
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I non-football
Members	10
Sports fielded	19 (men's: 9; women's: 10)
Region	Midwestern United States
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Commissioner	Doug Elgin
Website	mvc-sports.com
Locations

The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I.

Founded in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA), the MVC is the nation's second oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference. However, some consider the MVC to have been formed from a split of the MVIAA in 1928. Most of the larger MVIAA schools formed a conference that retained the MVIAA name and would ultimately become the Big Eight Conference. The smaller schools, plus Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University, which ultimately [re]joined the Big Eight in 1957), formed the MVC. During the Big Eight's existence, both conferences claimed 1907 as their founding date, as well as the same history through 1927. It has never been definitively established which conference is the original and which is the spin-off.

During the 2006–2007 college basketball season, MVC teams held a 74–27 non-conference record, including a record of 44–1 at home. The Valley finished in the Top 6 of the RPI and ahead of a BCS conference for the second consecutive year, while also garnering multiple NCAA bids for the ninth straight year and 12th of 14.^[1]

The MVC has not sponsored football since 1985, when it was classified as a I-A (now FBS) conference, but five members have football programs in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (known as the Gateway from 1985–2008) of Division I FCS (formerly I-AA), and a sixth competes in another FCS conference, the Pioneer Football League. The Missouri Valley Conference shares its name with the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and the two also operate from the same headquarters complex in St. Louis. However, the two are separate administratively.

Membership

Institution	Location – City	Location – State	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Bradley University	Peoria	Illinois	1897	Private	6,100	Braves	1948
Creighton University	Omaha	Nebraska	1878	Private	7,300	Bluejays	19771
Drake University	Des Moines	Iowa	1881	Private	5,200	Bulldogs	19072
University of Evansville	Evansville	Indiana	1854	Private	3,050	Purple Aces & Lady Aces	1994
Illinois State University	Normal	Illinois	1857	Public	20,800	Redbirds	1981
Indiana State University	Terre Haute	Indiana	1865	Public	10,760	Sycamores	1977
Missouri State University	Springfield	Missouri	1905	Public	20,800	Bears & Lady Bears	1990
University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls	Iowa	1876	Public	15,000	Panthers	1991
Southern Illinois University	Carbondale	Illinois	1869	Public	20,900	Salukis	1975
Wichita State University	Wichita	Kansas	1895	Public	15,000	Shockers	1945

Locations of current Missouri Valley Conference full member institutions.

Former Missouri Valley Conference logo

Notes

1. Also was a member from 1928 to 1948
2. Withdrew from conference from 1951–1956

Affiliate members

• Eastern Illinois University (men's soccer, 1996–present; women's cross country, 1982–1991; volleyball 1982–1991)
• Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (men's soccer, 2010–present)
• University of Central Arkansas (men's soccer, 2010–present)

Former affiliate members

• Western Kentucky University (men's soccer, 1997–2007)
• Vanderbilt University (men's soccer, 1997–2005)
• Belmont University (men's soccer, 2000)
• Texas Christian University (men's soccer, 2000)
• University of Tulsa (men's soccer, 2000–2004)
• Southern Methodist University (men's soccer, 2000–2004)
• Western Illinois University (women's cross country, 1982–1991; softball 1983–1992; volleyball 1982–1991)

Former members

• Butler University – 1932–1934
• University of Cincinnati – 1957–1969
• University of Detroit – 1949–1956, currently University of Detroit Mercy
• Grinnell College – 1918–1939
• University of Houston – 1951–1959
• University of Iowa – 1907–1908
• Iowa State College – 1907–1928, currently Iowa State University
• Kansas State College – 1913–1928, currently Kansas State University
• University of Louisville – 1963–1974
• University of Kansas – 1907–1928
• Memphis State University – 1968–1973, currently the University of Memphis
• University of Missouri – 1907–1928
• University of Nebraska – 1907–1919, 1921–1928
• New Mexico State University – 1970–1983
• North Texas State University – 1957–1974, currently the University of North Texas
• University of Oklahoma – 1919–1928
• Oklahoma A&M University – 1925–1956, currently Oklahoma State University
• Saint Louis University – 1937–1974
• University of Tulsa – 1935–1996
• Washburn University – 1935–1942
• Washington University in St. Louis – 1907–1942
• West Texas State University – 1972–1985, currently West Texas A&M University

Membership timeline

Basketball tournament champions by year

Main articles: Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship is often referred to as Arch Madness, in reference to the Gateway Arch at the tournament's present location of St. Louis, Missouri, and a play on "March Madness".

Season	Men's Champion	Women's Champion
1977	Southern Illinois	No Tournament
1978	Creighton	No Tournament
1979	Indiana State	No Tournament
1980	Bradley	No Tournament
1981	Creighton	No Tournament
1982	Tulsa	No Tournament
1983	Illinois State	Illinois State
1984	Tulsa	No Tournament
1985	Wichita State	No Tournament
1986	Tulsa	No Tournament
1987	Wichita State	Southern Illinois
1988	Bradley	Eastern Illinois
1989	Creighton	Illinois State
1990	Illinois State	Southern Illinois
1991	Creighton	Missouri State
1992	Missouri State	Missouri State
1993	Southern Illinois	Missouri State
1994	Southern Illinois	Missouri State
1995	Southern Illinois	Drake
1996	Tulsa	Missouri State
1997	Illinois State	Drake
1998	Illinois State	Drake
1999	Creighton	Evansville
2000	Creighton	Drake
2001	Indiana State	Missouri State
2002	Creighton	Creighton
2003	Creighton	Missouri State
2004	Northern Iowa	Missouri State
2005	Creighton	Illinois State
2006	Southern Illinois	Missouri State
2007	Creighton	Drake
2008	Drake	Illinois State
2009	Northern Iowa	Evansville
2010	Northern Iowa	Northern Iowa
2011	Indiana State	Northern Iowa

NB: Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until August 2005.

• Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Locations

National team titles by institution

School - Number - NCAA Championships

• Bradley - 0 ^[2]
• Creighton - 0 ^[3]
• Drake - 3 ^[4]
• Evansville - 0 ^[5]
• Illinois State - 0 ^[6]
• Indiana State - 1 ^[7]
• Missouri State - 0 ^[8]
• Northern Iowa - 1 ^[9]
• Southern Illinois - 5 ^[10]
• Wichita State - 1 ^[11]

NCAA Championships as of June 2010

Football, Helms and AIAW titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count.

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball venue	Capacity
Bradley	Non-Football School	N/A	Peoria Civic Center (men) Renaissance Coliseum (women)	11,433 4,200	O'Brien Field	7,500
Creighton	Non-Football School	N/A	Qwest Center Omaha (men) D. J. Sokol Arena (women)	17,560 2,950	Creighton Sports Complex TD Ameritrade Park	2,000 24,505
Drake	Drake Stadium	14,557	Knapp Center	7,002	Non-Baseball School	N/A
Evansville	Non-Football School; Formerly Arad McCutchan Stadium[12]	N/A	Ford Center	11,000	Charles H. Braun Stadium	1,200
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	12,000	Redbird Arena	10,200	Duffy Bass Field	1,200
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	Hulman Center	10,200	Sycamore Stadium	N/A
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex	16,300	JQH Arena	11,000	Hammons Field	7,986
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	17,000	McLeod Center	7,018	Non-Baseball School	N/A
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	SIU Arena	9,628	Abe Martin Field	2,000
Wichita State	Non-Football School; Formerly Cessna Stadium	30,000 (still in use for track and field)	Charles Koch Arena	10,506	Eck Stadium	7,851

Men's basketball attendance

2010–2011 Average Men's Basketball Conference Attendance
School	Average Attendance
Creighton	13,507
Wichita State	10,428
Bradley	8,447
Missouri State	7,595
Indiana State	5,602
Evansville	4,910
Northern Iowa	4,767
Illinois State	4,636
Drake	4,230
Southern Illinois	4,188

The Valley is well known for having some of the most dedicated fanbases in all of college basketball, with several members regularly selling out their large arenas on a nightly basis throughout the year. One member (Wichita State) sold out every single game for the 2006–07 season, while another member (Creighton) continues to reset the state of Nebraska attendance record for a college basketball game every season.

In 2010–11, the Valley maintained its position as the eighth ranked conference in average attendance.^[13]

The Valley made history in March 2007 with record attendance for four days at St. Louis' Scottrade Center as 85,074 fans turned out to watch the five sessions of the tournament. The two sellout crowds of 22,612 for the semifinals and final of the 2007 State Farm Tournament set an all-time attendance record for basketball at the arena and also gave The Valley the distinction of having the largest championship crowd for any of the 30 NCAA conference tournaments in 2007.^[14]

Football champions by year

Main article: List of Missouri Valley Conference football champions

• (Remaining MVC schools that play football are part of the Missouri Valley Football Conference or the Pioneer Football League.)

See also

• Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame
• List of college athletic programs in Kansas

References

1. ^ "MVC in the NCAA and NIT". http://www.mvc-sports.com/pdf6/89788.pdf?ATCLID=1274954&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600&SPSID=96987. 
2. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
3. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
4. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
5. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
6. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
7. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
8. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
9. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
10. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
11. ^ "Summary ALL DIVISIONS/COLLEGIATE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stat/champs_records_book/summaries/combined.pdf. Retrieved 10-09-2011. 
12. ^ Evansville discontinued program in 1997, Arad McCutchan Stadium (2,500) still in use for soccer.
13. ^ "Official NCAA attendance figures". http://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/attendance/index.html. 
14. ^ "MVC official site:"This is the MVC"". http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=&ATCLID=271380. 

External links

• Official website