Feb. 25, 2012

With the Missouri Valley Conference regular season ending with a five-way tie in the standings for third place, Missouri State is the No. 6 seed for the 2012 State Farm MVC Tournament in St. Louis.

The Bears (16-15, 9-9) open the tournament against third-seeded Evansville (15-14, 9-9) in a rematch of Saturday's overtime loss at the Ford Center in Evansville. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m. with television coverage on FOX Sports Midwest.

The winner of the MSU-Evansville game will play in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Saturday against the winner of the Creighton vs. Drake or Bradley.  The Championship game will start at 1 p.m. Sunday.

For more information on this year's tournament, which begins with a pair of opening-round games Thursday, please visit www.ArchMadness.com.

2012 Tournament Schedule:

2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Thursday, March 1 -- Session I

Game 1 -- #8 Indiana State (17-13, 8-10) vs. #9 Southern Illinois (8-22, 5-13), 6 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

Game 2 -- #7 Drake (16-14, 9-9) vs. #10 Bradley (7-24, 2-16), 8:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

 

Friday, March 2 -- Session II

Game 3 -- #1 Wichita State (26-4, 16-2) vs. Winner Game 1, noon [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

Game 4 -- #4 Illinois State (18-12, 9-9) vs. #5 UNI (19-12, 9-9), 2:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

 

Friday, March 2 -- Session III

Game 5 -- #2 Creighton (25-5, 14-4) vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

Game 6 -- #3 Evansville (15-14, 9-9) #6 Missouri State (16-15, 9-9), 8:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

 

Saturday, March 3 -- Session IV

Game 7 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 1:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

Game 8 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4 p.m.  [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]

 

Sunday, March 4 -- Session V

Championship -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 1 p.m. [CBS Sports, Westwood One, Sirius XM Radio] [WXOS Radio]

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BREAKING THE 5-WAY TIE FOR THIRD PLACE

#3 Evansville 9-9 (5-3 in round robin; 1-1 vs. ILS), wins NCSS (UE is 171 in today’s RPI Report)

#4 Illinois State 9-9 (5-3 in round robin; 1-1 vs. UE), loses NCSS (ILS is 288 in today’s RPI Report)

#5 UNI 9-9 (4-4 in round robin)

#6 Missouri State 9-9 (3-5 in round robin, 2-0 vs. DU)

#7 Drake 9-9 (3-5 in round robin, 0-2 vs. MSU)