| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Enterprise Center |
| City: | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Champions: | Bradley |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Brian Wardle |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Darrell Brown |
| Mvpteam: | Bradley |
| Television: | CBS CBSSN MVC TV |
The 2020 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2019–20 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 5 to 8, 2020.
Bradley defeated Valparaiso in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year.[1] Normally, Bradley would have received the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, however the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3]
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by the overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then (if necessary) by NET Rating on the day following the conclusion of the regular season. The top six seeds received opening-round byes.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Iowa | 14–4 | |||
| 2 | Loyola–Chicago | 13–5 | |||
| 3 | Indiana State | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. Bradley | NET Rating of 100 | |
| 4 | Bradley | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. Indiana State | NET Rating of 112 | |
| 5 | 10–8 | ||||
| 6 | Missouri State | 9–9 | 1–1 vs Valparaiso | NET Rating of 122 | |
| 7 | Valparaiso | 9–9 | 1–1 vs. Missouri State | NET Rating of 135 | |
| 8 | Drake | 8–10 | |||
| 9 | Illinois State | 5–13 | |||
| 10 | Evansville | 0–18 |
| Game | Time * | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Round – Thursday, March 5 | |||||
| 1 | 6:05 pm |
| 75–65 | align=center rowspan=2 | MVC TV |
| 2 | 8:35 pm |
| 58–55 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6 | |||||
| 3 | 12:05 pm |
| 56–77 | align=center rowspan=4 | MVC TV |
| 4 | 2:35 pm |
| 64–59 | ||
| 5 | 6:05 pm |
| 73–74 OT | ||
| 6 | 8:35 pm |
| 51–78 | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 7 | |||||
| 7 | 2:35 pm |
| 76–66 | align=center rowspan=2 | CBSSN |
| 8 | 5:05 pm |
| 82–89 | ||
| Final – Sunday, March 8 | |||||
| 9 | 1:05 pm |
| 80–66 | CBS | |