Women's Basketball

Valley Announces WBB Tournament Schedule Adjustment

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference will conduct its 14th neutral site postseason women’s basketball tournament when the event takes the hardwood at TaxSlayer Center in the Quad Cities, on Thursday-Sunday, March 11-14, 2021.  The MVC Tournament, also known uniquely as “Hoops in the Heartland” to Valley fans, will be played at TaxSlayer Center in the Quad Cities for the sixth-straight year, despite last year’s event being cancelled due to COVID-19.
 
In compliance with the Rock Island County Health Department guidelines, this year’s event will feature reduced seating capacity with a yet to be determined number of fans at TaxSlayer Center. The league hopes to announce capacity and ticketing information as soon as possible.
 
As a response to health and safety protocols, all nine games of the tournament will be treated as separate sessions, and below is the new tournament schedule:
 
Thursday, March 11
Game #1 -- #9 Seed vs. #8 Seed – 4:30 p.m. Central
Game #2 -- #10 Seed vs. #7 Seed – 7:30 p.m. Central
 
Friday, March 12
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. #1 Seed – 11 a.m. Central
Game #4 -- #5 Seed vs. #4 Seed – 2 p.m. Central
Game #5 – Winner Game #2 vs. #2 Seed – 5 p.m. Central
Game #6 -- #6 Seed vs. #3 Seed – 8 p.m. Central
 
Saturday, March 13
Game #7 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #4 – 1 p.m. Central
Game #8 – Winner Game #5 vs. Winner Game #6 – 4 p.m. Central
 
Sunday, March 14
Game #9 – Winner Game #7 vs. Winner Game #8 – 2 p.m. Central

All nine games of the 2021 MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be available live on ESPN+ via the ESPN app. Launched in April 2018, ESPN+ has grown to more than 10.3 million subscribers.  Fans subscribe to ESPN+ for just $5.99 a month (or $49.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNplus.com or on the ESPN App (mobile and connected devices).
 
For more information about the MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament, please visit MVCQuadCites.com.