title: Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Midwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
  
  As conference champion, the winner receives the Midwest's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Finals champion only
  
  * Championship game results incomplete, 1991–2001
  
  | Year | Champions |
  | - | - |
  | 1991 | Ripon |
  | 1992 | Ripon |
  | 1993 | Beloit |
  | 1994 | Cornell |
  | 1995 | Beloit |
  | 1996 | Grinnell |
  | 1997 | Lawrence |
  | 1998 | Ripon |
  | 1999 | Ripon |
  | 2000 | Ripon |
  | 2001 | Grinnell |
  
  ### Full results
  
  | Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | Ripon | 54–45 | St. Norbert |
  | 2003 | Illinois College | 101–91 | Grinnell |
  | 2004 | Lawrence | 82–71 | Carroll |
  | 2005 | Lawrence | 82–77 (2OT) | Ripon |
  | 2006 | Lawrence | 68–62 | Carroll |
  | 2007 | Carroll | 80–71 | Lake Forest |
  | 2008 | Lawrence | 98–95 (OT) | Carroll |
  | 2009 | Lawrence | 88–69 | Grinnell |
  | 2010 | St. Norbert | 85–74 | Carroll |
  | 2011 | St. Norbert | 89–67 | Grinnell |
  | 2012 | Carroll | 87–65 | St. Norbert |
  | 2013 | St. Norbert | 92–68 | Carroll |
  | 2014 | St. Norbert | 99–86 | Grinnell |
  | 2015 | St. Norbert | 91–73 | Grinnell |
  | 2016 | St. Norbert | 71–69 | Carroll |
  | 2017 | Ripon | 81–72 | Lake Forest |
  | 2018 | Monmouth | 79–76 | Ripon |
  | 2019 | Lake Forest | 68–64 | St. Norbert |
  | 2020 | Ripon | 84–71 | St. Norbert |
  | 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
  | 2022 | Cornell | 82–79 (2OT) | Ripon |
  | 2023 | Illinois College | 70–61 | Cornell |
  
  ## Championship records
  
  * Results incomplete for 1991–2001
  
  | School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ripon | 8–3 | 11 | 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2017, 2020 |
  | St. Norbert | 6–4 | 10 | 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
  | Lawrence | 6–0 | 6 | 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
  | Carroll | 2–6 | 8 | 2007, 2012 |
  | Grinnell | 2–5 | 7 | 1996, 2001 |
  | Cornell | 2–1 | 3 | 1994, 2022 |
  | Illinois College | 2–0 | 2 | 2003, 2023 |
  | Beloit | 2–0 | 2 | 1993, 1995 |
  | Lake Forest | 1–2 | 3 | 2019 |
  | Monmouth | 1–0 | 1 | 2018 |
  
  * Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the league
  * Knox has not yet qualified for the tournament finals
  * Coe never qualified for the finals as league members
  