1986 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament

1986 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1985–86
Teams	7
Site	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Xavier (2nd title)
Winning coach	Pete Gillen (1st title)
MVP	Byron Larkin (Xavier)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournaments

1985–86 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Xavier †	10	–	2		.833			25	–	5		.833
Saint Louis	8	–	4		.667			18	–	12		.600
Detroit	7	–	5		.583			14	–	15		.483
Loyola (IL)	7	–	5		.583			13	–	16		.448
Oral Roberts	5	–	7		.417			10	–	18		.357
Evansville	3	–	9		.250			8	–	19		.296
Butler	2	–	10		.167			9	–	19		.321
† 1986 MCC tournament winner

The 1986 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held February 27–March 1 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Xavier defeated Saint Louis in the championship game, 74–66, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, February 27					Semifinals Saturday, February 28					Championship Sunday, March 1
						1	Xavier	99
						4	Loyola–Chicago	91
	4	Loyola–Chicago	76
	5	Oral Roberts	70
											1	Xavier	74
											2	Saint Louis	66
	3	Detroit	70
	6	Evansville	52
						3	Detroit	49
						2	Saint Louis	59
	7	Butler	61
	2	Saint Louis	63