1994 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament

1994 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1993–94
Teams6
SiteHinkle Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsDetroit (1st title)
Winning coachPerry Watson (1st title)
MVPAndy Elkins (Evansville)
← 1993
1995 →
1993–94 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Xavier 8 – 2   .800 22 – 8   .733
Evansville 6 – 4   .600 21 – 11   .656
Butler 6 – 4   .600 16 – 13   .552
Detroit Mercy † 5 – 5   .500 16 – 13   .552
La Salle 4 – 6   .400 11 – 16   .407
Loyola (IL) 1 – 9   .100 8 – 19   .296
† 1994 MCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 6–8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]

Detroit defeated Evansville in the championship game, 72–63, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament title. Evansville was denied a third straight tournament title.

The Titans, however, did not receive a bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament, because with Dayton and Duquesne leaving the league before the season, they did not have enough members that had continuous membership in the conference for the preceding five years.[2] They regained their automatic bid the following year,[3] when seven new members joined the league.

Format

All six conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6 		Semifinals
Monday, March 7 		Championship
Tuesday, March 8
         
1 Xavier 75
4 Detroit 79
4 Detroit 87
5 La Salle 70
4 Detroit 70
2 Evansville 65
3 Butler 78
6 Loyola-Chicago 67
3 Butler 66
2 Evansville 68

References

  1. ^ "1993-94 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "MCC LOSES AUTOMATIC NCAA BID". Chicago Tribune. December 11, 1992. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "SUU SETTLES INTO A CONFERENCE". Deseret News. August 14, 1996. Retrieved February 14, 2023.