The USA South Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (formerly the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament) is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III USA South Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1964, when the conference was still known as the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the USA South's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1964College of Charleston94–69St. Andrews (NC) 1965Lynchburg75–61Charlotte College 1966Lynchburg104–94St. Andrews (NC) 1967Lynchburg92–70Greensboro 1968St. Andrews (NC)77–75Lynchburg 1969UNC Charlotte78–69St. Andrews (NC) 1970UNC Charlotte49–42Lynchburg 1971Lynchburg88–76Methodist 1972Lynchburg59–58Methodist 1973Methodist113–90Greensboro 1974Methodist44–38St. Andrews (NC) 1975Methodist50–47Lynchburg 1976Lynchburg61–59Greensboro 1977Methodist77–52Greensboro 1978Virginia Wesleyan85–63Christopher Newport 1979Virginia Wesleyan79–74OTChristopher Newport 1980UNC Greensboro72–71Christopher Newport 1981St. Andrews (NC)64–63Christopher Newport 1982St. Andrews (NC)90–58Virginia Wesleyan 1983St. Andrews (NC)59–56North Carolina Wesleyan 1984North Carolina Wesleyan82–60Greensboro 1985Greensboro85–814OTSt. Andrews (NC) 1986Christopher Newport57–45North Carolina Wesleyan 1987North Carolina Wesleyan74–70UNC Greensboro 1988Christopher Newport69–67OTSt. Andrews (NC) 1989Christopher Newport54–51North Carolina Wesleyan 1990Averett64–62Christopher Newport 1991Christopher Newport83–63Averett 1992Ferrum99–96Christopher Newport 1993Christopher Newport74–69North Carolina Wesleyan 1994Greensboro120–119OTChristopher Newport 1995Greensboro81–80Christopher Newport 1996Christopher Newport103–93Shenandoah 1997Methodist50–49North Carolina Wesleyan 1998Christopher Newport77–60Greensboro 1999Christopher Newport63–57Methodist 2000Christopher Newport96–80Averett 2001Christopher Newport87–74Averett 2002North Carolina Wesleyan77–75Christopher Newport 2003Christopher Newport67–64North Carolina Wesleyan 2004Methodist83–71Shenandoah 2005Methodist91–51North Carolina Wesleyan 2006Christopher Newport89–88OTAverett 2007Averett108–1052OTNorth Carolina Wesleyan 2008Averett77–56Greensboro 2009Averett70–63Christopher Newport 2010Christopher Newport67–63North Carolina Wesleyan 2011North Carolina Wesleyan74–70OTFerrum 2012Christopher Newport82–72Greensboro 2013Christopher Newport81–74Greensboro 2014LaGrange94–84Huntingdon 2015LaGrange70–64Maryville (TN) 2016Covenant101–92OTLaGrange 2017LaGrange75–56Methodist 2018Maryville (TN)96–77Covenant 2019Maryville (TN)79–67Methodist 2020 Methodist 79–73 Huntingdon 2021Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022Averett76–63Covenant 2023North Carolina Wesleyan80–61William Peace 2024 Mary Baldwin 72–62Greensboro 2025 Pfeiffer 108–80 North Carolina Wesleyan 2026 North Carolina Wesleyan 84–76 Pfeiffer
Divisional tournaments YearEast DivisionWest DivisionChampionsScoreRunner-upChampionsScoreRunner-up 2021Maryville (TN)81–54PiedmontPfeiffer75–61Averett
Championship records School Championships Years Christopher Newport 15 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013 Methodist 8 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2020 North Carolina Wesleyan 6 1984, 1987, 2002, 2011, 2023, 2026 Lynchburg 6 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1976 Averett 5 1990, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2022 St. Andrews (NC) 4 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983 Greensboro 3 1985, 1994, 1995 LaGrange 3 2014, 2015, 2017 Maryville (TN) 2 2018, 2019 UNC Charlotte 2 1969, 1970 Virginia Wesleyan 2 1978, 1979 College of Charleston 1 1964 Covenant 1 2016 Ferrum 1 1992 Pfeiffer 1 2025 Mary Baldwin 1 2024 UNC Greensboro 1 1980 Brevard and Southern Virginia have yet to advance to the USA South tournament final Berea and Chowan never reached the tournament finals while members of the USA South Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the USA South
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