The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The current iteration of the tournament has been held annually since 2003; a prior incarnation was played between 1963 and 1973. The current version is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the SCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results Tournament (1963–1971) YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 1963 Washington–St. Louis 68–62 Centre (KY) Sewanee, TN 1964 Southwestern (TN) 97–74 Centre (KY) Memphis, TN 1965 Washington–St. Louis 86–73 Southwestern (TN) St. Louis, MO 1966 Sewanee 82–61 Washington–St. Louis Danville, KY 1967 Washington and Lee 75–59 Southwestern (TN) Lexington, VA 1968 Washington–St. Louis 58–53 Southwestern (TN) Sewanee, TN 1969 Southwestern (TN) 73–55 Washington and Lee Memphis, TN 1970 Washington and Lee 82–69 Washington–St. Louis St. Louis, MO 1971 Washington and Lee 85–71 Southwestern (TN) Danville, KY
Round-robin (1972–1973) YearChampionsVenue 1972 Centre (KY)Southwestern (TN)Washington and Lee Lexington, VA 1973 Sewanee Sewanee, TN
Tournament (2003–present) YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2003 Trinity (TX) 58–54 Centre (KY) Memphis, TN 2004 Trinity (TX) 81–69 Oglethorpe Memphis, TN 2005 Trinity (TX) 72–53 Sewanee Memphis, TN 2006 DePauw 64–61 Centre (KY) Memphis, TN 2007 Centre (KY) 72–57 Trinity (TX) Memphis, TN 2008 Millsaps 69–60 Centre (KY) Conway, AR 2009 Centre (KY) 72–67 Southwestern (TX) Conway, AR 2010 Centre (KY) 60–56 DePauw Jackson, MS 2011 Centre (KY) 75–63 DePauw Jackson, MS 2012 Trinity (TX) 61–50 Centre (KY) Birmingham, AL 2013 Trinity (TX) 60–55 (OT) Colorado College Sherman, TX 2014 Trinity (TX) 82–70 Centenary (LA) San Antonio, TX 2015 Texas Lutheran 80–75 Centenary (LA) Irving, TX 2016 Texas Lutheran 80–77 Colorado College Shreveport, LA 2017 Texas Lutheran 83–70 Schreiner Georgetown, TX 2018 Schreiner 77–73 Centenary (LA) Colorado Springs, CO 2019 Texas Lutheran 99–95 (2OT) Dallas Seguin, TX 2020 Centenary (LA) 77–56 Texas Lutheran Kerrville, TX 2021 St. Thomas (TX) 80–66 Trinity (TX) San Antonio, TX 2022 St. Thomas (TX) 77–58 Trinity (TX) Sherman, TX 2023 Schreiner 69–67 Trinity (TX) San Antonio, TX 2024 Centenary (LA) 83–76 Colorado College Shreveport, LA 2025 St. Thomas (TX) 58–53 (OT) Trinity (TX) Irving, TX 2026 St. Thomas (TX) 92–74 Concordia Texas Conway, AR
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Trinity (TX) 6–4 10 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014 Centre (KY) 7–6 13 1972*, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Washington and Lee 4–2 6 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972* Texas Lutheran 4–1 5 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 St. Thomas (TX) 4–0 4 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026 Rhodes(Southwestern) 3–4 7 1964, 1969, 1972* Washington–St. Louis 3–1 4 1963, 1965, 1968 Centenary (LA) 2–3 5 2020, 2024 Schreiner 2–1 2 2018, 2023 Sewanee 2–1 3 1966, 1973 DePauw 1–2 3 2006 Millsaps 1–0 1 2008 Colorado College 0–3 3 Concordia Texas 0–1 1 Dallas 0–1 1 Oglethorpe 0–1 1 Southwestern (TX) 0–1 1 Austin (TX), McMurry, and Ozarks have not yet qualified for the SCAC tournament finals Rose–Hulman, Birmingham–Southern, Hendrix, and Johnson & Wales–Denver never qualified for the finals while members of SCAC Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
See also NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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