The 2001 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6, 2001, at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
[2] This was the 18th edition of the tournament for the Association of Mid-Continent Universities/Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the Summit League.
Southern Utah defeated six-time defending champ Valparaiso 62–59 to earn an automatic berth into the 2001 NCAA tournament.
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