1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
| 1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1995–96 |
| Teams | 8[1] |
| Site | Nutter Center Dayton, Ohio |
| Champions | Northern Illinois |
| Winning coach | Brian Hammel |
| MVP | Chris Coleman[2] (Northern Illinois) |
The 1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the end of the 1995–96 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Wright State.
Seeds
All Midwestern Collegiate Conference schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 1995–96 Midwestern Collegiate Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #24 WI-Green Bay | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Loyola | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #24 WI-Green Bay | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Detroit | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wright State | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Detroit | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Detroit | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Illinois | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Butler | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UIC | 107 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Illinois Chicago | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Illinois | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Illinois | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | WI-Milwaukee | 60 | ||||||||||||