1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 1996–97 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Wright State.

1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1996–97
Teams9[1]
SiteNutter Center
Dayton, OH
ChampionsButler
Winning coachBarry Collier
MVPKelsey Wilson, Butler[2] (Butler)
1996–97 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Butler †12–4 .75023–10  .697
Detroit Mercy11–5 .68816–13  .552
Illinois-Chicago11–5 .68815–14  .517
Wisconsin–Green Bay10–6 .62514–14  .500
Loyola–Chicago7–9 .43812–15  .444
Northern Illinois6–10 .37512–15  .444
Cleveland State6–10 .3759–19  .321
Wright State5–11 .3137–20  .259
Wisconsin–Milwaukee4–12 .2508–20  .286
† 1997 MCC Tournament winner

Seeds

All Midwestern Collegiate Conference schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 1996–97 Midwestern Collegiate Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Championship
9 WI-Milwaukee 81
8 Wright State 78 1 Butler 48
9 WI-Milwaukee 36
1 Butler 57
4 WI-Green Bay 52
4 WI-Green Bay 51
5 Loyola (IL) 41
1 Butler 69
3 Illinois-Chicago 68
2 Detroit 63
7 Cleveland State 67
7 Cleveland State 42
3 Illinois-Chicago 64
3 Illinois-Chicago 76
6 Northern Illinois 65

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