The Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Midwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
As conference champion, the winner receives the Midwest's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1991 Ripon74-59Beloit 1992 Ripon84-75Cornell 1993 Beloit86-83Ripon 1994 Cornell69-60Ripon 1995 Beloit61-58Ripon 1996 Grinnell114-92Ripon 1997 Lawrence90-79Knox 1998 Ripon 73-60 Lawrence 1999 Ripon 71-58 St. Norbert 2000 Ripon 85-58 Lawrence 2001 Grinnell 130–122 Illinois College 2002 Ripon 54–45 St. Norbert 2003 Illinois College 101–91 Grinnell 2004 Lawrence 82–71 Carroll 2005 Lawrence 82–77 (2OT) Ripon 2006 Lawrence 68–62 Carroll 2007 Carroll 80–71 Lake Forest 2008 Lawrence 98–95 (OT) Carroll 2009 Lawrence 88–69 Grinnell 2010 St. Norbert 85–74 Carroll 2011 St. Norbert 89–67 Grinnell 2012 Carroll 87–65 St. Norbert 2013 St. Norbert 92–68 Carroll 2014 St. Norbert 99–86 Grinnell 2015 St. Norbert 91–73 Grinnell 2016 St. Norbert 71–69 Carroll 2017 Ripon 81–72 Lake Forest 2018 Monmouth 79–76 Ripon 2019 Lake Forest 68–64 St. Norbert 2020 Ripon 84–71 St. Norbert 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Cornell 82–79 (2OT) Ripon 2023 Illinois College 70–61 Cornell 2024 Illinois College 108–84 Grinnell 2025 Grinnell 95–82 Lake Forest 2026 Grinnell 85–56 Monmouth
Championship records Since 1991 (Start of four-team conference tournament) School Finals Record Finals Appearances Championship Years Ripon 8–7 15 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2017, 2020 St. Norbert 6–5 11 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Lawrence 6–2 8 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 Grinnell 4–6 10 1996, 2001, 2025, 2026 Illinois College 3–1 4 2003, 2023, 2024 Carroll 2–6 8 2007, 2012 Cornell 2–2 4 1994, 2022 Beloit 2–1 3 1993, 1995 Lake Forest 1–3 4 2019 Monmouth 1–1 2 2018 Knox 0–1 1 NA Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the league Coe never qualified for the finals as league members
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