2007 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament

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2007 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200607
Teams8
Site Union Multipurpose Activity Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Oral Roberts (2nd title)
Winning coach Scott Sutton (2nd title)
Top scorer Caleb Green (Oral Roberts)
(78 points)
Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournaments
  2006
2008  
2006–07 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oral Roberts122 .8572311  .676
Oakland 104 .7141914  .576
Valparaiso 95 .6431615  .516
IUPUI 77 .5001515  .500
Southern Utah 68 .4291614  .533
UMKC 68 .4291220  .375
Western Illinois 311 .214723  .233
Centenary 311 .2141021  .323
2007 Mid-Continent Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament took place between Saturday, March 2, 2007 and Tuesday, March 5, 2007, at the John Q. Hammons Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Contents

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles won the championship to secure their 4th trip to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

This was the conference's final tournament under the Mid-Continent Conference name. During the 2007 offseason, the MCC adopted its current name The Summit League.

Format

Each of the 8 men's basketball teams in the Mid-Continent Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

Seeding

The following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.

  1. Oral Roberts, 12–2
  2. Oakland, 10–4
  3. Valparaiso, 9–5
  4. IUPUI, 7–7
  5. Southern Utah, 6–8 *
  6. UMKC, 6–8
  7. Western Illinois, 3–11 **
  8. Centenary, 3–11

* Received #5 seed based on 1–1 record vs. #3 Valparaiso while UMKC had an 0–2 record vs. Valparaiso. The teams split head-to-head and had identical records vs. #1 Oral Roberts (0–2) and #2 Oakland (0–2).
** Received #7 seed based on 1–1 record vs. #2 Oakland while Centenary had an 0–2 record vs. Oakland. The teams split head-to-head and had identical records vs. #1 Oral Roberts (0–2).

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 Oral Roberts 79
8 Centenary 59
1 Oral Roberts75
4 IUPUI 54
4 IUPUI 71
5 Southern Utah 59
1 Oral Roberts71
2 Oakland 67
2 Oakland 74
7 Western Illinois 57
2 Oakland83
6 UMKC 79
3 Valparaiso 76
6 UMKC 84

Source: [1]

References

  1. "2006-2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket". RealGM.com. Retrieved February 21, 2023.