2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2006–07
Teams8
SiteUnion Multipurpose Activity Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsOral Roberts (2nd title)
Winning coachScott Sutton (2nd title)
Top scorerCaleb Green (Oral Roberts)
(78 points)

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 of 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:

  • Head-to-head competition
  • Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (starting with #1 and moving down until the tie is broken)
  • Coin flip

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 Championship Game
         
1 Oral Roberts 79
8 Centenary 59
1 Oral Roberts 75
4 IUPUI 54
4 IUPUI 71
5 Southern Utah 59
1 Oral Roberts 71
2 Oakland 67
2 Oakland 74
7 Western Illinois 57
2 Oakland 83
6 UMKC 79
3 Valparaiso 76
6 UMKC 84

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