Tag: Summit

Summit Preview

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. […]

Mid-Continent Tournament Semifinal Notes

Mid-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 […]

Mid-Continent Preview

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 […]

The Mid-Continent’s Next Step

The 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 […]

Mid-Continent Preview

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 […]

Mid-Con Tournament Recaps

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. […]

Mid-Con Offseason News

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-Continent Conference 2003-04 Recap

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 […]

Mid-Continent Semifinals Preview

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, […]