The Great Midwest Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference that existed from 1991 to 1995.
History
It was formed in 1990 with six members: Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference, UAB from the Sun Be ...
(GMC). The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 1995, coming to an end when the Great Midwest Conference was absorbed into
Conference USA
Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas.
Mem ...
for
the 1995–96 season.
The Great Midwest Conference tournament never met criteria for an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament, meaning that the winner of the tournament was never guaranteed an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However,
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...
, which won all four GMC tournaments, received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament each year.
Tournament champions by year
Championships and finals appearances by school
See also
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Conference USA men's basketball tournament
The Conference USA men's basketball tournament is held annually following the end of the regular season of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball.
Format and hosts
After the conference realignment, the tournament was held at FedExForum in Memphis, Te ...
(from 1996)
References
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