The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Missouri Valley Basketball games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Southern Illinois (8‑12) |
Northern Iowa (13‑8) |
17 |
| Murray State (16‑5) |
Illinois St. (14‑7) |
16 |
| Valparaiso (10‑10) |
Belmont (18‑3) |
15 |
| Drake (11‑10) |
Evansville (5‑15) |
11 |