| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | iWireless Center |
| City: | Moline, Illinois |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and will be played in Moline, Illinois March 9–12, 2017, at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.
| Team place | Road Win | Home Win |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 20 pts. | 19 pts. |
| 2nd | 18 pts. | 17 pts. |
| 3rd | 16 pts. | 15 pts. |
| 4th | 14 pts. | 13 pts. |
| 5th | 12 pts. | 11 pts. |
| 6th | 10 pts. | 19 pts. |
| 7th | 8 pts. | 7 pts. |
| 8th | 6pts. | 5 pts. |
| 9th | 4 pts. | 3 pts. |
| 10th | 2 pts. | 1 pts. |
| 2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ Drake | 18–0 | 25–4 | ||||||
| 2 |
| 15–3 | 22–7 | ||||||
| 3 |
| 12–6 | 16–13 | ||||||
| 4 |
| 10–8 | 16–13 | ||||||
| 5 |
| 9–9 | 14–15 | ||||||
| 6 |
| 8–10 | 13–16 | ||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 7–11 | 11–18 | ||||||
| 8 | Indiana State | 6–12 | 12–17 | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois State | 4–14 | 7–22 | ||||||
| 10 | Loyola–Chicago | 1–17 | 2–27 | ||||||
| ‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. | |||||||||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 9 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 2 | 7:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | 1,360 | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm |
| 1,404 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm |
| ESPN3 | 2,181 | |
| 8 | 4:00 pm |
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| Final – Sunday, March 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
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