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2007 Mid Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Season
  
2006–07

Site
  
Union Multipurpose Activity Center Tulsa, Oklahoma

Champions
  
Oral Roberts (2nd title)

Winning coach
  
Scott Sutton (2nd title)

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.

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).

    References

    2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia