The 1998 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 7 through 10. The top three regular season finishers of each of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. New member won the tournament for the first time.
Format and seeding The top three teams from each division advanced to the tournament. + East Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 12 2 .857 — 1E 5 6 .455 5.5 2E 6 8 .429 6 3E 5 7 .417 6 — 5 10 .333 7.5 —+ West Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 18 6 .750 — 1W 13 9 .591 4 2W 12 10 .545 5 3W 9 14 .391 8.5 — 5 19 .208 13 —
Tournament
Game-by-game results Game Winner Score Loser Comment 1 (1W) 5–3 (3E) 2 (2W) 12–3 (2E) 3 (3W) 12–11 (1E) 4 (3E) 3–0 (2E) Youngstown State eliminated 5 (1W) 12–5 (1E) C.W Post eliminated 6 (2W) 6–4 (3W) 7 (3W) 14–2 (3E) Central Connecticut eliminated 8 (1W) 7–4 (2W) 9 (2W) 9–3 (3W) Western Illinois eliminated 10 (1W) 12–10 (2W) Oral Roberts wins Mid-Con Championship
All-Tournament Team Name School Derek Dixon Oral Roberts Bryan Gann Oral Roberts Mike Hill Oral Roberts Scott Martin Central Connecticut State Andrew Mosher Oral Roberts Ryan Poepard Valparaiso Anthony Rogers Western Illinois J.J Swiatkowski Valparaiso Eric Vandeventer Oral Roberts Paul Weeks Oral Roberts Tom Wigand C.W. Post Justin Wohlers Western Illinois
Tournament Most Valuable Player Paul Weeks of Oral Roberts was named Tournament MVP.
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