The Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Midwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
As conference champion, the winner receives the Midwest's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results[edit]
Finals champion only[edit]
- Championship game results incomplete, 1991–2001
Full results[edit]
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up |
2002 | Ripon | 54–45 | St. Norbert |
2003 | Illinois College | 101–91 | Grinnell |
2004 | Lawrence | 82–71 | Carroll |
2005 | Lawrence | 82–77 (2OT) | Ripon |
2006 | Lawrence | 68–62 | Carroll |
2007 | Carroll | 80–71 | Lake Forest |
2008 | Lawrence | 98–95 (OT) | Carroll |
2009 | Lawrence | 88–69 | Grinnell |
2010 | St. Norbert | 85–74 | Carroll |
2011 | St. Norbert | 89–67 | Grinnell |
2012 | Carroll | 87–65 | St. Norbert |
2013 | St. Norbert | 92–68 | Carroll |
2014 | St. Norbert | 99–86 | Grinnell |
2015 | St. Norbert | 91–73 | Grinnell |
2016 | St. Norbert | 71–69 | Carroll |
2017 | Ripon | 81–72 | Lake Forest |
2018 | Monmouth | 79–76 | Ripon |
2019 | Lake Forest | 68–64 | St. Norbert |
2020 | Ripon | 84–71 | St. Norbert |
2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
2022 | Cornell | 82–79 (2OT) | Ripon |
2023 | Illinois College | 70–61 | Cornell |
2024 | Illinois College | 108–84 | Grinnell |
Championship records[edit]
- Results incomplete for 1991–2001
School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
Ripon | 8–3 | 11 | 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2017, 2020 |
St. Norbert | 6–4 | 10 | 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Lawrence | 6–0 | 6 | 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
Illinois College | 3–0 | 3 | 2003, 2023, 2024 |
Carroll | 2–6 | 8 | 2007, 2012 |
Grinnell | 2–6 | 8 | 1996, 2001 |
Cornell | 2–1 | 3 | 1994, 2022 |
Beloit | 2–0 | 2 | 1993, 1995 |
Lake Forest | 1–2 | 3 | 2019 |
Monmouth | 1–0 | 1 | 2018 |
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the league
- Knox has not yet qualified for the tournament finals
- Coe never qualified for the finals as league members
References[edit]
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