NCAC men's basketball tournament

The NCAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III North Coast Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1985. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

NCAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceNorth Coast Athletic Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1985–present
Current championWabash (3rd)
Most championshipsWooster (16)
Official websiteNCAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus gyms (1985–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (1985–present)

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the NCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

With 15 titles, Wooster are the most successful team.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
1985 Ohio Wesleyan 65–59 Allegheny Delaware, OH
1986 Ohio Wesleyan 69–64 Kenyon Meadville, PA
1987 Allegheny 96–94 Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, OH
1988 Ohio Wesleyan 91–77 Allegheny Wooster, OH
1989 Allegheny 56–54 Wooster Gambier, OH
1990 Wittenberg 86–62 Ohio Wesleyan Granville, OH
1991 Wittenberg 65–48 Wooster Wooster, OH
1992 Wooster 61–54 Wittenberg Wooster, OH
1993 Wooster 64–48 Kenyon Delaware, OH
1994 Kenyon 84–78 Wittenberg Delaware, OH
1995 Wooster 71–67 Wittenberg Springfield, OH
1996 Wittenberg 65–55 Allegheny Springfield, OH
1997 Wooster 51–44 Wittenberg Wooster, OH
1998 Allegheny 66–64 Wooster Springfield, OH
1999 Wooster 89–69 Allegheny Wooster, OH
2000 Wooster 114–91 Wabash Wooster, OH
2001 Wooster 59–56 Wittenberg Springfield, OH
2002 Wittenberg 58–57 Wooster Springfield, OH
2003 Wooster 93–71 Allegheny Wooster, OH
2004 Wooster 100–71 Wittenberg Springfield, OH
2005 Wittenberg 61–59 Wooster Wooster, OH
2006 Wittenberg 71–69 Wooster Wooster, OH
2007 Wooster 86–51 Ohio Wesleyan Wooster, OH
2008 Ohio Wesleyan 89–72 Wabash Wooster, OH
2009 Wooster 84–72 Wabash Wooster, OH
2010 Wooster 88–77 Wittenberg Wooster, OH
2011 Wooster 82–68 Wittenberg Wooster, OH
2012 Wooster 53–51 Denison Springfield, OH
2013 Ohio Wesleyan 76–66 Wooster Wooster, OH
2014 Wooster 71–63 Wittenberg Wooster, OH
2015 DePauw 69–56 Wooster Delaware, OH
2016 Denison 92–81 (OT) Wooster Delaware, OH
2017 Wooster 76–72 Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, OH
2018 Wittenberg 82–70 (OT) Ohio Wesleyan Springfield, OH
2019 Wittenberg 79–75 Wooster Wooster, OH
2020 Wooster 87–63 Wittenberg Springfield, OH
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Wabash 85–84 (OT) Wooster Crawfordsville, IN
2023 Wabash 81–80 Wooster Wooster, OH
2024 Wabash 75–64 Wooster Crawfordsville, IN

Championship records

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School Finals
record
Finals
appearances
Years
Wooster 16–13 29 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020
Wittenberg 8–10 18 1990, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2018, 2019
Ohio Wesleyan 5–5 10 1985, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2013
Allegheny 3–5 8 1987, 1989, 1998
Wabash 3–3 6 2022, 2023, 2024
Kenyon 1–2 3 1994
Denison 1–1 2 2016
DePauw 1–0 1 2015
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former NCAC members.
  • Hiram, which will leave the conference after the 2024–25 season, and Oberlin have yet to advance to a tournament final.
  • Case Western and Earlham never qualified for the tournament finals as conference members.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAC Tournament Records" (PDF). NCAC. 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.