2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", is a postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2018–19 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri from March 7–10, 2019.
No. 5 seed Bradley defeated No. 6 seed Northern Iowa 57–54 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the Missouri Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the third overall MVC title for Bradley, the first since 1988.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by overall record in conference games played between the tied teams, then by NET Rating on the day following the conclusion of the regular season. The top six seeds received opening round byes.Drake, Loyola–Chicago, Southern Illinois, Missouri State, Bradley, and Northern Iowa had first round byes.
Evansville, Indiana State, Valparaiso, and Illinois State played in the first round.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | Loyola–Chicago | 12–6 | 2–0 vs. Drake | |
| 2 | Drake | 12–6 | 0–2 vs. Loyola–Chicago | |
| 3 | Southern Illinois | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Missouri St. | 131 NET |
| 4 | Missouri State | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. S. Illinois | 182 NET |
| 5 | Bradley | 9–9 | 3–1 vs. N. Iowa/Illinois St. | |
| 6 | Northern Iowa | 9–9 | 2–2 vs. Bradley/Illinois St. | |
| 7 | Illinois State | 9–9 | 1–3 vs. Bradley/N. Iowa | |
| 8 | Indiana State | 7–11 | 2–0 vs Valparaiso | |
| 9 | Valparaiso | 7–11 | 0–2 vs Indiana St. | |
| 10 | Evansville | 5–13 |