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History. The Metro Conference was founded in 1975 with institutions that were located in urban metropolitan areas. The charter members were the University of Cincinnati, Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Louisville, Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), Saint Louis University and Tulane University.
The Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Metro Conference. The tournament was held annually between 1976 and 1996, when the Metro Conference was absorbed into Conference USA in 1996. The winner of the tournament was guaranteed a spot in the NCAA basketball tournament ...
The Metro Conference Era Charlie Mohr led VT in its transition into the Metro Conference. In 1978, one year after former Tech assistant Charlie Moir took the reins from DeVoe, Virginia Tech joined the Metro 7, a conference that did not have a football championship. Tech's first year in the Metro led to its first conference championship.
The Metro had targeted the Gamecocks almost from the outset in 1975. So why did USC wait to join? How (and why) South Carolina landed in Metro Conference in 1980s
The 1977 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. [1] Defending champions Cincinnati defeated Georgia Tech in the championship game, 74–61, to win their second Metro men's basketball tournament. The Bearcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1976 NCAA Tournament.
The Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an award given to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic (Metro) Conference 's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season and was discontinued after the 1994–95 season. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to ...
The 1982 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. [2] Memphis State defeated Louisville in the championship game, 73–62, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament. The Tigers received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament.
The 1976 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. [2] This was the first edition of the tournament. Cincinnati defeated Memphis State in the championship game, 103–95, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament. The Bearcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1976 NCAA ...