Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament

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Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament (defunct)
Conference basketball championship
Sport College basketball
Conference Great Midwest Conference
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1992–1995
Current champion Cincinnati
Most championships Cincinnati (4)
Host stadiums
Chicago Stadium (1992)

The Pyramid (1993)
Shoemaker Stadium (1994)

Bradley Center (1995)
Host locations
Chicago, IL (1992)

Memphis, TN (1993)
Cincinnati, OH (1994)

Milwaukee, WI (1995)

The Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Great Midwest Conference (GMC). The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 1995, coming to an end when the Great Midwest Conference was absorbed into Conference USA for the 1995–96 season.

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The Great Midwest Conference tournament never met criteria for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, meaning that the winner of the tournament was never guaranteed an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, Cincinnati, which won all four GMC tournaments, received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament each year.

Tournament champions by year

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenue (and city)
1992 Cincinnati 75–63 Memphis State Chicago Stadium (Chicago, IL)
1993 Cincinnati 77–72 Memphis State The Pyramid (Memphis, TN)
1994 Cincinnati 68–47 Memphis Shoemaker Stadium (Cincinnati, OH)
1995 Cincinnati 67–65 Saint Louis Bradley Center (Milwaukee, WI)

Championships and finals appearances by school

SchoolChampionshipsFinals AppearancesYears
Cincinnati 441992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Memphis 03
Saint Louis 01

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