Summit League 2007-08 Preview
by Phil Kasiecki

The Mid-Continent Conference is no more. As of June 1, the conference that used to bear that name is now the Summit League, although the name change isn’t all that is different this season. It’s just the most notable one, for obvious reasons.
Valparaiso, a charter member [...]

Mid-Continent Conference 2006-07 Preview
by Kevin Hansen

As national exposure for mid-major conferences increases, Mid-Continent Conference coaches look forward to showing off their teams’ talent.
Oral Roberts, IUPUI and Missouri-Kansas City should battle atop the conference standings. With the explosive tandem of Caleb Green and Ken Tutt, Oral Roberts will arguably have the two best players [...]

Mid-Continent Conference 2005-06 Preview
by James V. Dowd

The upcoming Mid-Continent Conference season has coaches from top to bottom excited about the prospects of a league that is as deep as it has ever been. While Oral Roberts is heavily-favored to repeat as regular-season champions, recent years have shown that you can’t award the conference [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Recap
by Michael Ermitage

First Round

No. 1 Oral Roberts 82, No. 8 Southern Utah 59

The top-seeded Golden Eagles took care of business in its first round matchup with Southern Utah. Oral Roberts jumped out to a 10-point halftime lead en route to a dominating victory. They were led by sophomore [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Offseason News Update
by Paul Oren

“Everything changes, but everything stays the same.”
A quote which applied to the Mid-Continent Conference last season. Once the dust settled from three schools bringing in new head coaches and a new school joining the conference, Valparaiso continued to sit atop the Mid-Con mountain, winning the [...]

Mid-Continent Conference 2003-04 Season Recap
by Matthew Moll

Parity ruled the regular season of the Mid-Con. Every game of the regular season mattered, with Valparaiso becoming the outright regular season champs and the number-one seed of the Mid-Con tournament thanks to a win against Chicago State on the last day of the season. [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Quarterfinals Preview

Preview by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso vs (8) Oakland
Valparaiso defeated Oakland in both contests this season. Valparaiso is currently on a 12 game not losing ever streak to Oakland who has been unable to beat the Mid-Con champs in every try. Valpo is looking for their eight [...]

Mid-Continent Quarterfinals Recap

Recap by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso 73, (8) Oakland 64
The number thirteen proved to live up to its cursed history as Oakland lost yet again to Valparaiso. Valpo advances to the Mid-Con semifinals for the 12th consecutive season.

Oakland’s Mike Helms and his foul slash attitude [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Semifinals Preview

Preview by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso vs (5) UMKC
Team There-Is-No-I-In-Team Valpo will look to stop Team Host School and Michael Watson for the first time this season.

Watson lit the fire at yesterday’s press conference saying, “I think that when we played them (Valpo) before, they disrespected the [...]

Mid-Continent Semifinals Recap

Recap by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso 90 (5) UMKC 78
Host UMKC could not hold their 49-41 halftime lead to advance to the Mid-Con finals. Instead Valpo will advance to the finals for the 10th straight season.

The Kangaroos were up big early building a lead as high as 17 [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Finals Preview

Preview by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso vs (2) IUPUI
Three times. Three seasons. Two teams. One NCAA bid.

The best way to describe the Mid-Con Tournament Final is repetitive. The two best teams that were the two best teams during the regular season for the [...]

Mid-Continent Finals Recap

Recap by Matthew Moll

(1) Valparaiso 75, (2) IUPUI 70
Homer Drew is back and so is Valpo denying IUPUI’s second straight NCAA appearance.

The Crusaders were forced to comeback from a double-digit deficit to unseat the defending Mid-Con NCAA representative.

The Jaguars opened the game with a [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matthew Moll

It’s all over, but it has yet to begin.

For the Mid-Con it was Late-February Madness with teams scampering about fighting for that all-important number-one tourney seed, but none able to take hold of it until the absolute end. The regular season matter [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matthew Moll

Parity Rules the Mid-Con

There is only one game left on the Mid-Con regular season schedule. But it’s a big one.

The Chicago State at Valparaiso will decide the top six seeds in the Mid-Con [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matthew Moll

And Then There Were Four

With only a week left in the season the six-team race has dwindled to four for the all-important number-one seed in the conference tourney. Valparaiso, Centenary, IUPUI, and Oral Roberts are all tied in the loss column with four.

Here [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matthew Moll

Six Teams Within Striking Distance of Conference Title

With only two weeks left in the regular season six teams still remain in the hunt for the number one seed in the conference tournament. Three teams – Valparasio, Centenary, and IUPUI – have four losses while the [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Nick Dettmann

Valparaiso Crusaders (10-9 overall, 7-3 Mid-Con)

The powerhouse of the Mid-Con in the last decade is finally becoming that. After they lost three of their first four conference games, Valpo has come back to win six straight games, all of them in conference. Their latest win came [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Cory J. Danner

When the conference season begins in a month or so, we will finally begin to see what the true structure of the Mid-Con will be. For now though, the mystery continues. The beginning of the season is a chance for all the coaches to try different schemes and see [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Cory J. Danner

A busy first week in the Mid-Con produced few surprises in the way of upsets, but showed the conference can be competitive with top tier teams. Teams like Minnesota, Oklahoma and Marquette all were tested by Mid-Con teams. It will take a week or maybe two before things start [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Preview
by Cory J. Danner

After the absolutely thrilling end to the season in March, the Mid-Con has been shaping up to have another great run this season. Valparaiso returns a familiar coach in Homer Drew, after Scott Drew took off for Texas and the head coaching position at Baylor.

Valpo’s Joaquim Gomes has [...]

Mid-Continent Offseason News Update
by Cory J. Danner

The Mid-Continent Conference was all about change in the off-season. Many teams added new coaches, many players graduated and throngs of freshman are being brought in, and the biggest change of all was a new commissioner.

Ron Bertovich was brought in to guide the Mid-Con into the future. [...]

Mid-Continent Conference 2002-03 Season Recap
by Matt Amis

The 2002-2003 campaign was a season of renewal in the Mid-Continent Conference. For just the third time in nine years, someone other than Valpo took home the Mid-Con title. In early March, hoops fans everywhere witnessed Matt Crenshaw’s last-second jumper and head coach Ron Hunter’s exaltation on the [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matt Amis

It’s tourney time in Mid-Con land – Valpo leads the way, but Oral Roberts, IUPUI, Oakland and, yes, even the Kangaroos have something to say about it.
In a final attempt to gain ground on Valpo, pesky IUPUI did all it could and beat down on Chicago State, 67-55. [...]

Mid-Continent Conference Notebook
by Matt Amis

Call the police. It’s official — Valpo has taken the league and ran away with it. Valparaiso extended its winning streak to six Saturday, defeating way-distant second-place IUPUI, 77-71. The Crusaders also sealed the Mid-Continent Conference regular season championship title with the win, marking the eighth time in nine years [...]

Mid-Continent Notebook
by Matt Amis

While three feet of snow cover the eastern seaboard, things are certainly heating up in the Mid-Contintent Conference. Valpo is still comfortable at the top, but Oakland and IUPUI are in a dogfight for second.
Sixth straight for Oakland
Oakland got there by upending UMKC 100-79 behind Mike Helms, the nations’ leading [...]