2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 5, 2019. Conference play began in late December 2019 and concluded in March with the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN+, FSI, FSKC, FSMW, NBCSC
Regular Season
2020 MVC ChampionNorthern Iowa
Season MVPA. J. Green, Northern Iowa
Tournament
ChampionsBradley
  Runners-upValparaiso
Finals MVPDarrell Brown Jr., Bradley
2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Iowa144 .778256  .806
Loyola Chicago135 .7222111  .656
Indiana State117 .6111812  .600
Bradley117 .6112311  .676
Southern Illinois108 .5561616  .500
Missouri State99 .5001617  .485
Valparaiso99 .5001916  .543
Drake810 .4442014  .588
Illinois State513 .2781021  .323
Evansville018 .000923  .281
2020 MVC tournament winner

Northern Iowa captured the regular season title at 14–4.

Bradley defeated Valparaiso in the championship game to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and thereby would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Northern Iowa, by virtue of winning the regular season title, but not winning the conference tournament, would have received the conference's automatic bid to the National Invitational tournament.

All subsequent postseason tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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