| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | TaxSlayer Center |
| City: | Moline, Illinois |
| Champions: | Drake Bulldogs |
| Titlecount: | 7th |
| Coach: | Jennie Baranczyk |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Maddy Dean [1] |
| Mvpteam: | Drake |
| Attendance: | 8,435 |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 8–11, 2018, at the TaxSlayer Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 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. |
| 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ Drake | 18–0 | 26–7 | ||||||
| 2 |
| 15–3 | 20–11 | ||||||
| 3 |
| 13–5 | 19–13 | ||||||
| 4 |
| 11–7 | 17–14 | ||||||
| 5 |
| 9–9 | 11–19 | ||||||
| 6 |
| 8–10 | 14–16 | ||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 6–12 | 13–18 | ||||||
| 8 | Valparaiso | 5–13 | 13–18 | 2–0 vs. Loyola-Chicago | |||||
| 9 | Loyola-Chicago | 5–13 | 7–23 | 0–2 vs. Valparaiso | |||||
| 10 | Evansville | 0–18 | 3–27 | ||||||
| ‡ – 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 8 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Valparaiso vs. No. 9 Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | 1,028 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Evansville | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No 8. Valparaiso | ESPN3 | 1,403 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Bradley | 1,706 | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Illinois State | |||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 10 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | 2,129 |
| 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Missouri State vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | |||
| Final – Sunday, March 11 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Drake vs. No. 3 Northern Iowa | ESPN3 | 2,169 |
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