2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and will be played in Moline, Illinois March 9–12, 2017, at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

Tie-breaking procedures

 * 1. Winner of head-to-head competition
 * 2. If three or more teams are tied, regular-season competition among the tied teams shall be pooled into a “mini round-robin.” Teams shall be ranked according to their position in such a round-robin.
 * 3. Power rating using MVC games:


 * 4. The most recently available NCAA RPI ranking.