This season’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) men’s basketball tournament lived up to its name: Arch Madness. The tournament had a historically wild weekend and featured many upsets, including a Loyola loss in the quarterfinals.
The tournament featured an unprecedented level of upsets and chaos. For starters, the University of Northern Iowa was the heavy favorite but got bounced in its first game by Drake University and its MVC All-Tournament team honoree Liam Robbins in the quarterfinal round March 6. That was the first time in the tournament’s 33-year history the No. 1 seed had failed to reach the semifinals.