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The 1996 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 10 through 11. The top two regular season finishers of each of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament held at Riddle–Pace Field on the campus of Troy State University in Troy, Alabama. Northeastern Illinois won the tournament for the first time.
Format and seeding
The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament.
Tournament
= Game-by-game results
=All-Tournament Team
= Tournament Most Valuable Player
=Matt Dunne of Northeastern Illinois was named Tournament MVP.