2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 6, 2018. Conference play began in late December 2018 and concluded in March with the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)ESPN3, CBSSN, CBS
Regular Season
2019 MVC ChampionsLoyola & Drake
Season MVPMarques Townes, Loyola
Tournament
ChampionsBradley
  Runners-upNorthern Iowa
Finals MVPElijah Childs, Bradley
2018–19 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Loyola Chicago126 .6672014  .588
Drake126 .6672410  .706
Southern Illinois108 .5561715  .531
Missouri State108 .5561616  .500
Bradley99 .5002015  .571
Northern Iowa99 .5001618  .471
Illinois State99 .5001716  .515
Indiana State711 .3891516  .484
Valparaiso711 .3891518  .455
Evansville513 .2781121  .344
2019 MVC tournament winner

Defending regular season and tournament champion Loyola shared the regular season title with Drake at 12-6.

Bradley defeated Northern Iowa in the championship game to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and thereby received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Bradley received the conference's only bid to the NCAA Tournament and lost to Michigan State in the first round, 76-65. Loyola-Chicago received a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round at Creighton, 70-61.

Drake was the only other conference school that received a bid to a postseason tournament, receiving a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round at Southern Utah, 80-73.

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