The South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the South Atlantic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1992. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the South Atlantic's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upTournament MVP 1992 Lenoir–Rhyne 72–66 Presbyterian None selected 1993 Lenoir–Rhyne 79–70 Presbyterian None selected 1994 Carson–Newman 79–64 Lenoir–Rhyne None selected 1995 Lenoir–Rhyne 52–50 Presbyterian None selected 1996 Presbyterian 82–77 Mars Hill None selected 1997 Elon 62–59 Lenoir–Rhyne None selected 1998 Catawba 95–74 Wingate None selected 1999 Catawba 78–75 (OT) Carson–Newman Marvin Moore, Catawba 2000 Wingate 82–72 Gardner–Webb Brandon Harris, Wingate 2001 Catawba 76–61 Presbyterian Kevin Petty, Catawba 2002 Carson–Newman 76–62 Wingate Kyle Gribble, Carson-Newman 2003 Lenoir–Rhyne 71–62 Presbyterian Roman Davis, Lenoir–Rhyne 2004 Catawba 81–68 Newberry Helgi Magnússon, Catawba 2005 Tusculum 79–73 Lenoir–Rhyne Donald Sexton, Tusculum 2006 Wingate 61–50 Presbyterian Sean Barnette, Wingate 2007 Wingate 97–82 Catawba Sean Barnette, Wingate 2008 Catawba 54–52 Mars Hill Antonio Houston, Catawba 2009 Catawba 63–61 Tusculum Antonio Houston, Catawba 2010 Brevard 93–92 Catawba Jonathan Whitson, Brevard 2011 Lincoln Memorial 68–58 Wingate D'Mario Curry, Lincoln Memorial 2012 Wingate 66–59 Anderson (SC) Denzail Jones, Anderson 2013 Wingate 69–53 Lincoln Memorial Paidrick Matilus, Wingate 2014 Lincoln Memorial 76–71 Anderson (SC) Chandler Hash, Anderson 2015 Carson–Newman 63–48 Lincoln Memorial Charles Clark, Carson–Newman 2016 Lincoln Memorial 95–83 Wingate Luquon Choice, Lincoln Memorial 2017 Queens (NC) 75–72 Lincoln Memorial Daniel Camps, Queens 2018 Lincoln Memorial 77–75 Queens (NC) Dorian Pinson, Lincoln Memorial 2019 Catawba 71–67 Lenoir-Rhyne Devin Cooper, Catawba 2020 Lincoln Memorial 75–68 Queens Devin Whitefield, Lincoln Memorial 2021 Carson-Newman 88–79 Queens EJ Bush, Carson-Newman 2022 Queens (NC) 69–59 Carson-Newman Kenny Dye, Queens (NC) 2023 Catawba 101–69 UVA Wise Javeon Jones, Catawba 2024 Catawba 61–60 Lincoln Memorial Peyton Gerald, Catawba 2025 Lenoir–Rhyne 82–78 (OT) Lincoln Memorial Ziare Wells, Lenoir–Rhyne 2026 Anderson (SC) 78–75 Catawba AJ Wright Jr., Anderson
Championship records School Championships Years Catawba 9 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2023, 2024 Lenoir–Rhyne 5 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2025 Lincoln Memorial 5 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 Wingate 5 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 Carson–Newman 4 1994, 2002, 2015, 2021 Queens (NC) 2 2017, 2022 Anderson 1 2026 Brevard 1 2010 Elon 1 1997 Presbyterian 1 1996 Tusculum 1 2005
Coker, Emory & Henry, Mars Hill, Newberry, and UVA Wise have not yet won the SAC tournament. Schools highlighted in pink are former SAC members.
See also South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament
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