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in November. Conference play began in January 2022 and ended in February. With a win over

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on February 26, 2022,

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clinched the regular season championship. The MVC tournament was held March 3 through March 6, 2022 at

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. Loyola Chicago won the tournament championship for the second consecutive year, defeating

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in the championship game. Northern Iowa point guard A. J. Green was named the conference's player of the year. Northern Iowa coach

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was named conference coach of the year. The season was the final season for Loyola Chicago in the conference as they joined the

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on July 1, 2022.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason awards and coaches' poll was released by the league office on October 20, 2021.

Preseason All-Missouri Valley teams

Source

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Player of the week

Every Monday, throughout the season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player of the week and a newcomer of the week.

Honors and awards

All-Conference awards and teams

The MVC announced its all-conference teams and major playing honors on March 1, 2022, and its Coach of the Year award two days later.

Postseason

MVC Tournament

NCAA Tournament

The winner of the MVC tournament, Loyola Chicago, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. No other team received a bid to the tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

Northern Iowa, having one the regular season conference, but failing to win its conference tournament, received an automatic bid to the NIT. Missouri State received an at-large bid as well.

College Basketball Invitational

Drake received an invite to the CBI tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.

References

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