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2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

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2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Regular season championsNorthern Iowa
Season MVPA. J. Green
Tournament
ChampionsLoyola–Chicago
  Runners-upDrake
Basketball seasons
2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Iowa 14 4   .778 20 12   .625
Missouri State 13 5   .722 23 11   .676
Drake 13 5   .722 25 11   .694
Loyola Chicago 13 5   .722 25 8   .758
Bradley 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
Southern Illinois 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
Valparaiso 6 12   .333 14 18   .438
Illinois State 5 13   .278 13 20   .394
Indiana State 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Evansville 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
2022 MVC tournament winner

The 2021–22 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2022 and ended in February.

With a win over Loyola Chicago on February 26, 2022, Northern Iowa clinched the regular season championship.[1]

The MVC Tournament was held March 3 through March 6, 2022 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Loyola Chicago won the tournament championship for the second consecutive year, defeating Drake in the championship game.[2]

Northern Iowa point guard A. J. Green was named the conference's player of the year. Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson was named conference coach of the year.

The season was the final season for Loyola Chicago in the conference as they joined the Atlantic 10 Conference on July 1, 2022.[3]

Preseason

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Preseason poll

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The preseason awards and coaches' poll was released by the league office on October 20, 2021.[4]

Rank Team
1. Drake (29) 411
2. Loyola Chicago (8) 363
3. Northern Iowa (6) 354
4. Missouri State 325
5. Southern Illinois 228
6. Bradley 171
7. Valparaiso 151
8. Evansville 141
9. Indiana State 147
10. Illinois State 68
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Missouri Valley teams

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Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year AJ Green, Northern Iowa
Preseason All-MVC First Team AJ Green, Northern Iowa
Tyrke Key, Indiana State
Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State
Roman Penn, Drake
Gaige Prim, Missouri State
Preseason All-MVC Second Team Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
ShanQuan Hemphill, Drake
Ben Krikke, Valparaiso
Austin Phyfe, Northern Iowa
Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
Preseason All-MVC Third Team Shamar Givance, Evansville
Ja'Shon Henry, Bradley
Lance Jones, Southern Illinois
Rienk Mast, Bradley
Braden Norris, Loyola Chicago

Source[5]

Regular season

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Conference matrix

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This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[6]

  Bradley Drake Evansville Illinois
State
Indiana
State
Loyola
Chicago
Missouri
State
Northern
Iowa
Southern
Illinois
Valparaiso
vs BU 71–83
59–68
47–79
41–76
74–65
64–72
76–71
52–67
78–71 (OT)
61–68
71–69
83–67
71–69
65–78
62–70
65–57
56–71
55–79
vs DU 83–71
68–59
59–60
51–73
75–86
88–89 (OT)
67–85
58–74
68–77
76–83
61–56
66–62
74–82 (OT)
74–69 (OT)
59–60
60–62
66–73
65–71
vs UE 79–47
76–41
60–59
73–51
94–56
53–56
56–65
80–77 (2OT)
77–48
82–31
72–58
88–79
83–61
64–59
54–52
69–62
72–56
74–69
vs IlSU 65–74
72–64
86–75
89–88 (OT)
56–94
56–53
60–57
66–86
78–64
59–50
74–79 (OT)
88–63
79–64
72–70
75–69
90–69
81–76 (OT)
75–78 (OT)
vs InSU 71–76
67–52
85–67
74–58
65–56
77–80 (2OT)
57–60
86–66
88–76
64–56
72–76
79–70
80–74 (OT)
88–82
63–55
76–72
75–73
79–72 (2OT)
vs LU 71–78 (OT)
68–61
77–68
83–76
48–77
31–82
64–78
50–59
76–88
56–64
79–69
62–71
58–85
102–96 (OT)
47–59
39–44
74–81 (2OT)
69–71
vs MSU 69–71
67–83
56–61
62–66
58–72
79–88
79–74 (OT)
63–88
76–72
70–79
69–79
71–62
85–84
95–75
76–81
54–69
57–74
66–84
vs UNI 69–71
78–65
82–74 (OT)
69–74 (OT)
61–83
59–64
64–79
70–72
74–80 (OT)
82–88
85–58
96–102 (OT)
84–85
75–95
68–69
44–53
65–92
83–80 (OT)
vs SIU 70–62
57–65
60–59
62–60
52–54
62–69
69–75
69–90
55–63
72–76
59–47
44–39
81–76
69–54
69–68
53–44
60–63
55–77
vs VU 71–56
79–55
73–66
71–65
56–72
69–74
76–81 (OT)
78–75 (OT)
73–75
72–79 (2OT)
81–74 (2OT)
71–69
74–57
84–66
92–65
80–83 (OT)
63–60
77–55
Total 11–7 13–5 2–16 5–13 4–14 13–5 13–5 14–4 9–9 6–12

Player of the week

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Throughout the season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player of the week and a newcomer of the week each Monday.

Date Player of the week Newcomer of the week
November 15, 2021[7] Antonio Reeves, Illinois State Thomas Kithier, Valparaiso
November 22, 2021[8] Trae Berhow, Northern Iowa Ryan Schwieger, Loyola
November 29, 2021[9] A. J. Green, Northern Iowa Antoine Smith Jr., Evansville
December 6, 2021[10] Shamar Givance, Evansville Terry Roberts, Bradley
December 13, 2021[11] Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Ben Coupet Jr., Southern Illinois
December 20, 2021[12] A. J. Green, Northern Iowa Jaylen Minnett, Missouri State
December 27, 2021[13] Terry Roberts, Bradley Terry Roberts, Bradley
January 3, 2022[14] Sy Chatman, Illinois State Zach Hobbs, Indiana State
January 10, 2022[15] Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Ryan Schwieger, Loyola
January 17, 2022[16] Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Terry Roberts, Bradley
January 24, 2022[17] Isiaih Mosely, Missouri State Terry Roberts, Bradley
January 31, 2022[18] Rienk Mast, Bradley Tucker DeVries, Drake
February 7, 2022[19] Lucas Williamson, Loyola Tucker DeVries, Drake
February 14, 2022[20] Cooper Neese, Indiana State Mikey Howell, Bradley
February 21, 2022[21] A. J. Green, Northern Iowa Tucker DeVries, Drake
February 28, 2022[22] Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Ben Coupet Jr., Southern Illinois

Honors and awards

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All-Conference awards and teams

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The MVC announced its all-conference teams and major playing honors on March 1, 2022,[23] and its Coach of the Year award two days later.[24]

Honor Recipient
Larry Bird Player of the Year A. J. Green, Northern Iowa
Coach of the Year Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Defensive MVP Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
Sixth-Man of the Year Bowen Born, Northern Iowa
Newcomer of the Year Terry Roberts, Bradley
Freshman of the Year Tucker DeVries, Drake
First Team
A. J. Green, Northern Iowa
Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State
Gaige Prim, Missouri State
Terry Roberts, Bradley
Lucas Williamson, Loyola Chicago
Second Team
Noah Carter, Northern Iowa
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
Antonio Reeves, Illinois State
Garrett Sturtz, Drake
Third Team
Ben Krikke, Valparaiso
Rienk Mast, Bradley
Cooper Neese, Indiana State
Braden Norris, Loyola Chicago
Roman Penn, Drake

Postseason

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MVC Tournament

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Opening Round
Thursday, March 3
MVC TV
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
MVC TV
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
CBSSN
Final
Sunday, March 6
CBS/Paramount+
1 Northern Iowa 78
8 Illinois State 58 8 Illinois State 65
9 Indiana State 53 1 Northern Iowa 43
4 Loyola Chicago 66
4 Loyola Chicago 66
5 Bradley 50
4 Loyola Chicago 64
3 Drake 58
2 Missouri State 67
7 Valparaiso 81 7 Valparaiso 58
10 Evansville 59 2 Missouri State 78
3 Drake 79*
3 Drake 65
6 Southern Illinois 52

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NCAA Tournament

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The winner of the MVC tournament, Loyola Chicago, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. No other team received a bid to the tournament.

Seed Region School First Four First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
10 South Loyola N/A lost to (7) Ohio State 41–54
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–1 (.000)

National Invitation Tournament

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Northern Iowa, having one the regular season conference, but failed to win its conference tournament, received an automatic bid to the NIT. Missouri State received an at-large bid as well.[26]

School First round Second Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Championship
Northern Iowa defeated (3) Saint Louis 80–68 lost to (2) BYU 71–90
Missouri State lost to (1) Oklahoma 72–89
W–L (%): 1–1 (.500) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 1–2 (.333)

College Basketball Invitational

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Drake received an invite to the CBI tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.

Seed School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Drake defeated (16) Purdue Fort Wayne 87–65 lost to (9) UNC Wilmington 75–76
W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500)

References

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