After tonight's matches, my calculations indicate that no matter what happens tommorrow night, Missouri State will end up with the #1 seed and Wichita State will end up with the #2 seed.
UNI will end up as the #3 seed UNLESS the unlikely scenario plays out of UNI losing at Indiana State, SIU beating MSU, and Evansville beating WSU (in which case SIU would edge UNI in power rating).
Illinois State is locked into the #5 seed and Loyola is locked into the #6 seed regardless.
So with the exception of that one scenario, the conference tournament pairings will look like this:
QF 1: #4 SIU vs. #5 Illinois State (Thurs. 5 p.m.)
QF 2: #3 UNI vs. #6 Loyola (Thurs. 7:30 p.m.)
SF 1: #1 MSU vs. SIU/ILS winner (Fri. 5 p.m.)
SF 2: #2 WSU vs. UNI/LU winner (Fri. 7:30 p.m.)
Championship: semifinal winners (Sat. 4 p.m.)
If the odd scenario plays out, UNI and SIU would switch seeds, and the match times would flip-flop (host team always plays in the late match, according to conference procedures)
UNI will end up as the #3 seed UNLESS the unlikely scenario plays out of UNI losing at Indiana State, SIU beating MSU, and Evansville beating WSU (in which case SIU would edge UNI in power rating).
Illinois State is locked into the #5 seed and Loyola is locked into the #6 seed regardless.
So with the exception of that one scenario, the conference tournament pairings will look like this:
QF 1: #4 SIU vs. #5 Illinois State (Thurs. 5 p.m.)
QF 2: #3 UNI vs. #6 Loyola (Thurs. 7:30 p.m.)
SF 1: #1 MSU vs. SIU/ILS winner (Fri. 5 p.m.)
SF 2: #2 WSU vs. UNI/LU winner (Fri. 7:30 p.m.)
Championship: semifinal winners (Sat. 4 p.m.)
If the odd scenario plays out, UNI and SIU would switch seeds, and the match times would flip-flop (host team always plays in the late match, according to conference procedures)
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