Year
|
MVC Champion
|
Score
|
Runner-up
|
Tournament MVP
|
Venue (and city)
|
1977
|
Southern Illinois
|
82β69
|
West Texas State
|
None Selected
|
Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
|
1978
|
Creighton
|
54β52
|
Indiana State
|
Omaha Civic Auditorium (Omaha, Nebraska)
|
1979
|
Indiana State
|
69β59
|
New Mexico State
|
Hulman Center (Terre Haute, Indiana)
|
1980
|
Bradley
|
62β59
|
West Texas State
|
Robertson Memorial Field House (Peoria, Illinois)
|
1981
|
Creighton
|
70β64
|
Wichita State
|
Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
|
1982
|
Tulsa
|
90β77
|
Illinois State
|
Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
|
1983
|
Illinois State
|
84β64
|
Tulsa
|
Horton Fieldhouse (Normal, Illinois)
|
1984
|
Tulsa
|
70β68
|
Creighton
|
Tulsa Convention Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
|
1985
|
Wichita State
|
84β82
|
Tulsa
|
1986
|
Tulsa
|
74β58
|
Bradley
|
Brian Rahilly, Tulsa
|
1987
|
Wichita State
|
79β74
|
Tulsa
|
Gary Cundiff, Wichita State
|
1988
|
Bradley
|
83β59
|
Illinois State
|
Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
|
Carver Arena (Peoria, Illinois)
|
1989
|
Creighton
|
79β77
|
Southern Illinois
|
Chad Gallagher, Creighton
|
Henry Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kansas)
|
1990
|
Illinois State
|
81β78
|
Southern Illinois
|
Rickey Jackson, Illinois State
|
Redbird Arena (Normal, Illinois)
|
1991
|
Creighton
|
68β52
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Bob Harstad, Creighton
|
Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, Missouri)
|
1992
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
71β68
|
Tulsa
|
Jackie Crawford, Southwest Missouri State
|
St. Louis Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)
|
1993
|
Southern Illinois
|
70β59
|
Illinois State
|
Ashraf Amaya, Southern Illinois
|
1994
|
Southern Illinois
|
77β74
|
Northern Iowa
|
Cam Johnson, Northern Iowa
|
1995
|
Southern Illinois
|
77β62
|
Tulsa
|
Chris Carr, Southern Illinois
|
Kiel Center/Savvis Center/Scottrade Center/Enterprise Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
|
1996
|
Tulsa
|
60β46
|
Bradley
|
Shea Seals, Tulsa
|
1997
|
Illinois State
|
75β72
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Rico Hill, Illinois State
|
1998
|
Illinois State
|
84β74
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Dan Muller, Illinois State
|
1999
|
Creighton
|
70β61
|
Evansville
|
Rodney Buford, Creighton
|
2000
|
Creighton
|
57β45
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Ryan Sears, Creighton
|
2001
|
Indiana State
|
69β63
|
Bradley
|
Michael Menser, Indiana State
|
2002
|
Creighton
|
84β76
|
Southern Illinois
|
Kyle Korver, Creighton
|
2003
|
Creighton
|
80β56
|
Southern Illinois
|
2004
|
Northern Iowa
|
79β74
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
|
2005
|
Creighton
|
75β57
|
Southwest Missouri State
|
Johnny Mathies, Creighton
|
2006
|
Southern Illinois
|
59β46
|
Bradley
|
Randal Falker, Southern Illinois
|
2007
|
Creighton
|
67β61
|
Southern Illinois
|
Nate Funk, Creighton
|
2008
|
Drake
|
79β49
|
Illinois State
|
Adam Emmenecker, Drake
|
2009
|
Northern Iowa
|
60β57
|
Illinois State
|
Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State
|
2010
|
Northern Iowa
|
67β52
|
Wichita State
|
Kwadzo Ahelegbe, Northern Iowa
|
2011
|
Indiana State
|
60β56
|
Missouri State
|
Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State
|
2012
|
Creighton
|
83β79
|
Illinois State
|
Doug McDermott, Creighton
|
2013
|
Creighton
|
68β65
|
Wichita State
|
2014
|
Wichita State
|
83β69
|
Indiana State
|
Tekele Cotton, Wichita State
|
2015
|
Northern Iowa
|
69β60
|
Illinois State
|
Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
|
2016
|
Northern Iowa
|
56β54
|
Evansville
|
Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
|
2017
|
Wichita State
|
71β51
|
Illinois State
|
Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
|
2018
|
Loyola
|
65β49
|
Illinois State
|
Donte Ingram, Loyola
|
2019
|
Bradley
|
57β54
|
Northern Iowa
|
Elijah Childs, Bradley
|
2020
|
Bradley
|
80β66
|
Valparaiso
|
Darrell Brown, Bradley
|
2021
|
Loyola
|
75β65
|
Drake
|
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola
|
2022
|
Loyola
|
64β58
|
Drake
|
Lucas Williamson, Loyola
|
2023
|
Drake
|
77β51
|
Bradley
|
Tucker DeVries, Drake
|
2024
|
Drake
|
84β80
|
Indiana State
|
Tucker DeVries, Drake
|