1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament took place at the end of the 1996–97 regular season. The tournament was hosted by Wright State.

1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1996–97
Teams	9
Site	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
Champions	Butler
Winning coach	Barry Collier
MVP	Kelsey Wilson, Butler (Butler)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournaments

1996–97 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Butler †	12	–	4		.750			23	–	10		.697
Detroit Mercy	11	–	5		.688			16	–	13		.552
Illinois-Chicago	11	–	5		.688			15	–	14		.517
Wisconsin–Green Bay	10	–	6		.625			14	–	14		.500
Loyola–Chicago	7	–	9		.438			12	–	15		.444
Northern Illinois	6	–	10		.375			12	–	15		.444
Cleveland State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	19		.321
Wright State	5	–	11		.313			7	–	20		.259
Wisconsin–Milwaukee	4	–	12		.250			8	–	20		.286
† 1997 MCC tournament winner

Seeds

All Midwestern Collegiate Conference schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 1996–97 Midwestern Collegiate Conference season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals					Championship
	9	WI-Milwaukee	81
	8	Wright State	78			1	Butler	48
						9	WI-Milwaukee	36
											1	Butler	57
											4	WI-Green Bay	52
						4	WI-Green Bay	51
						5	Loyola (IL)	41
																1	Butler	69
																3	Illinois-Chicago	68
						2	Detroit	63
						7	Cleveland State	67
											7	Cleveland State	42
											3	Illinois-Chicago	64
						3	Illinois-Chicago	76
						6	Northern Illinois	65