The UNI Panthers men's basketball team was seeded fourth in the upcoming Missouri Valley Conference basketball Tournament. Arch Madness tips off on Thursday, March 3, 2016 in St. Louis.

The first game for the Panthers (19-12, 11-7) will be on Friday. Their opponent is fifth seed Southern Illinois (22-9, 11-7). The two teams split decisions during the 2015-2016 season with the home team winning each game.

For the fourth time in five seasons (and sixth time overall), the Wichita State Shockers (23-7, 16-2) will enter the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament as the event’s No. 1 seed.

There were three ties in the final standings, and all were broken by today’s RPI Report (Jim Sukup, Collegiate Basketball News). Evansville earned the No. 2 seed ahead of No. 3 Illinois State (RPIs: 91 / 106). UNI earned the No. 4 seed ahead of No. 5 seed Southern Illinois (RPIs: 93/130). And Indiana State earned the No. 6 seed ahead of No. 7 seed Missouri State (RPIs: 183/232).

 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
     
      
  #1 Wichita State (23-7, 16-2)  
  SCOREG5  
  FRI, MAR 4, 12:00 PM  
 #* Loyola (14-16, 7-11) MVC TV Network WinnerG5 
 THU, MAR 3, 6:00 PMG1    SCOREG9 
 MVC TV NetworkWinnerG1 SAT, MAR 5, 2:30 PM 
 #9 Bradley (5-26, 3-15)  CBS Sports Network 
      
    WinnerG9
     SCORE
  #4 UNI (19-12, 11-7)  
  SCOREG6  
    FRI, MAR 4, 2:30 PM  
   MVC TV Network WinnerG6 
        
  #5 Southern Illinois (22-9, 11-7) 
      SUN, MAR 6, 1:00 PMG11 
     WinnerG11
    CHAMPION
     SCORE
  #2 Evansville (23-8, 12-6) CBS Sports 
  SCOREG7    
    FRI, MAR 4, 6:00 PM  
 #7 Missouri State (12-18, 8-10) MVC TV Network WinnerG7
 THU, MAR 3, 6:00 PMG3    SCOREG10 
 MVC TV NetworkWinnerG3 SAT, MAR 5, 5:00 PM 
 Team06    CBS Sports Network 
       WinnerG10
      SCORE
      
  #43 Illinois State (18-13, 12-6)   
  SCOREG8   
  FRI, MAR 4, 8:30 PM    
   MVC TV Network WinnerG8   
        
  WinnerG4  

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