The Great American Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
The tournament has been held annually since 2012, one year after the conference was initially founded. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Arkansas Tech and Harding have won the most tournaments, with three each.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue2012Arkansas Tech69–58Southwestern Oklahoma StateJared Williamson,Arkansas TechBruin Fieldhouse(Bartlesville, OK)2013Ouachita Baptist59–54Arkansas TechColt Fason,Ouachita Baptist2014Harding93–86(OT)Henderson StateWeston Jameson,Harding2015Arkansas Tech (2)80–77East CentralMike Balogun,Arkansas Tech2016Ouachita Baptist (2)72–56HardingTirrell Brown,Ouachita Baptist2017East Central82–67Arkansas–MonticelloBraxton Reeves,East Central2018Southern Nazarene62–57Arkansas–MonticelloJhonathan Dunn,Southern Nazarene2019Southern Nazarene (2)80–77Southeastern Oklahoma StateMicah Speight,Southern Nazarene2020Henderson State72–61Oklahoma BaptistChris Parker,Henderson State2021Arkansas–Monticello75–74Southern ArkansasDaJuan Jones,Arkansas–MonticelloSteelman Field House(Monticello, AR)2022Southwestern Oklahoma State66–58Southern NazareneDamion Thornton,Southwestern Oklahoma StateFireLake Arena(Shawnee, OK)2023Southern Arkansas89–69Arkansas TechBrock Schreiner,Southern Arkansas2024Arkansas Tech72–57Southern NazareneCassius Brooks,Arkansas Tech2025Harding (2)75–74Southern NazareneKeyln McBride,HardingSouthside Arena(Fort Smith, AR)2026Harding (3)73–68Southern NazareneKeyln McBride,Harding
Championship records SchoolFinalsAppearancesFinalsRecordYearsHarding43–12014, 2025, 2026Arkansas Tech53–22012, 2015, 2024Southern Nazarene62–42018, 2019Ouachita Baptist32–12013, 2016Arkansas–Monticello31–22021Southern Arkansas21–12023Southwestern Oklahoma State21–12022Henderson State21–12020East Central21–12017Oklahoma Baptist10–1Southeastern Oklahoma State10–1 Northwestern Oklahoma State has not yet reached the tournament final.
See also Great American Conference women's basketball tournament NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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