By: Phil Kasiecki in: Conference Notes
5 Nov 2007Summit 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 [...]
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
7 Mar 2007Special Seniors Win Another Title
by Phil Kasiecki
TULSA, Okla. – Caleb Green was told a couple of weeks ago that his Senior Night was not on February 17, the night Oral Roberts held the formal ceremony. That may sound like something a diehard Oral Roberts fan would say in a state of delusion, knowing [...]
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
6 Mar 2007Mid-Continent Conference Tournament Semifinal Notes
by Phil Kasiecki
TULSA, Okla. – The championship matchup is set at the Mid-Continent Tournament, and it may look a little familiar in more ways than one. The top two seeds, Oral Roberts and Oakland, will battle it out for the conference’s automatic bid. The two met in this [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
13 Nov 2006Mid-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 [...]
By: Andrew Flynn in: Columns
19 May 2006The Next Step for the Mid-Continent Conference
by Andrew Flynn
The Mid-Continent Conference is reeling, having just lost one of its more storied programs in founding-member Valparaiso to its geographic rival, the Horizon League. This news comes less than a month after another Mid-Con member institution, Chicago State, announced they were leaving the conference and [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
28 Nov 2005Mid-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 [...]
By: Michael Ermitage in: Conference Notes
9 Mar 2005Mid-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 [...]
By: Paul Oren in: Conference Notes
10 Nov 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
3 Aug 2004Mid-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. [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
11 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
9 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
2 Mar 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
25 Feb 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Matthew Moll in: Conference Notes
17 Feb 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Nick Dettmann in: Conference Notes
4 Feb 2004Mid-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 [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
2 Dec 2003Mid-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 [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
25 Nov 2003Mid-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 [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
11 Nov 2003Mid-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 [...]
By: Hoopville Staff in: Conference Notes
15 Oct 2003Mid-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. [...]
By: Adam Shandler in: Columns
23 Jul 2003Call Them IUPUI. Please!
by Adam Shandler
I guess you could call this a follow-up piece to my interview with new Mid-Continent commish Ron Bertovich. In that piece I referred to IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis) as “Ooey-Pooey”. I should have listened to my [...]
By: Adam Shandler in: Columns
16 Jul 2003The Mid-Con’s New Commish
by Adam Shandler
You may not have heard of Ron Bertovich, but you’ve probably seen his work, especially if you live in the Northeast.
As a former A-10 commish, Bertovich was instrumental in getting conference schools some [...]
By: Matt Amis in: Conference Notes
5 May 2003Mid-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 [...]
By: Matt Amis in: Conference Notes
4 Mar 2003Mid-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. [...]
By: Matt Amis in: Conference Notes
26 Feb 2003Mid-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 [...]
By: Matt Amis in: Conference Notes
19 Feb 2003Mid-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 [...]

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