2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Iowa 14 4   .778 25 6   .806
Loyola Chicago 13 5   .722 21 11   .656
Indiana State 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
Bradley 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Southern Illinois 10 8   .556 16 16   .500
Missouri State 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
Valparaiso 9 9   .500 19 16   .543
Drake 8 10   .444 20 14   .588
Illinois State 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Evansville 0 18   .000 9 23   .281
2020 MVC tournament winner

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.

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.