The Northwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the NWC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Whitworth are the defending champions.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 1994Willamette87–78Lewis & ClarkSalem, OR 1995Lewis & Clark79–71WillametteSalem, OR 1996Whitworth66–53Lewis & ClarkSpokane, WA 1997Pacific (OR)88–79Lewis & ClarkForest Grove, OR 1998Lewis & Clark79–61Pacific LutheranPortland, OR 1999Not held 2000Willamette77–70LinfieldMcMinnville, OR 2001Lewis & Clark101–88LinfieldPortland, OR 2002Lewis & Clark101–86WhitworthPortland, OR 2003Whitworth77–64WillametteSpokane, WA 2004Not held 2005Not held 2006Puget Sound94–86WhitworthTacoma, WA 2007Whitworth69–62Lewis & ClarkSpokane, WA 2008Whitworth96–69Puget SoundSpokane, WA 2009Whitworth90–80OTPuget SoundTacoma, WA 2010Whitworth97–75George FoxSpokane, WA 2011Whitworth74–50WhitmanSpokane, WA 2012Whitworth86–71Puget SoundSpokane, WA 2013Whitworth93–72WhitmanSpokane, WA 2014Whitworth71–68Puget SoundSpokane, WA 2015Whitworth69–58Lewis & ClarkSpokane, WA 2016Whitworth75–62Pacific LutheranSpokane, WA 2017Whitman86–83WhitworthWalla Walla, WA 2018Whitworth91–88WhitmanWalla Walla, WA 2019Whitman107–102WhitworthWalla Walla, WA 2020Whitman86–80WhitworthSpokane, WA 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022Whitworth85–59WhitmanSpokane, WA 2023Whitworth78–65WhitmanWalla Walla, WA 2024Whitworth81–75WhitmanSpokane, WA 2025 Lewis & Clark 70–57 WhitmanSpokane, WA 2026Whitworth97–87WillametteSpokane, WA
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Whitworth 17–5 22 1996, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024 Lewis & Clark 5–5 10 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2025 Whitman 3–6 9 2017, 2019, 2020 Willamette 2–4 6 1994, 2000 Puget Sound 1–4 5 2006 Pacific (OR) 1–0 1 1997 Linfield 0–2 2 Pacific Lutheran 0–2 2 George Fox 0–1 1
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