The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was founded in 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament bracket has included as few as seven teams and as many as fifteen. The most common format has featured eight teams competing at the same predesignated neutral site as the GLVC men's basketball tournament. In 1998, 2008, 2009, and 2021, the quarterfinals were played on campus sites (hosted by the teams in the top half of the bracket) and the final four was held on the home court of the highest seed surviving the quarterfinals.
The tournament winner is conference champion and receives the GLVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Drury has won the most tournaments, with ten.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upSite 1998 Southern Indiana 83–70 SIU Edwardsville PAC Arena, University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN) 1999 Northern Kentucky 74–72 Bellarmine Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) 2000 Northern Kentucky (2) 77–57 Indianapolis 2001 Southern Indiana (2) 95–73 Northern Kentucky 2002 Southern Indiana (3) 89–79 Northern Kentucky 2003 Indianapolis 74–63 Quincy 2004 Quincy 57–45 Indianapolis 2005 Quincy (2) 66–60 Indianapolis 2006 Northern Kentucky (3) 86–73 Drury 2007 Lewis 69–52 Drury 2008 Drury 71–67 Northern Kentucky Weiser Gym, Drury University (Springfield, MO) 2009 Northern Kentucky (4) 77–72 Quincy Pepsi Arena, Quincy University (Quincy, IL) 2010 Drury (2) 68–63 Wisconsin–Parkside The Recreation and Athletic Center,University of Illinois - Springfield (Springfield, IL) 2011 Lewis (2) 71–68 Indianapolis Moloney Arena, Maryville University (Town and Country, MO) 2012 Maryville 75–62 Kentucky Wesleyan Prairie Capital Convention Center (Springfield, IL) 2013 Lewis (3) 76–61 MaryvilleFord Center (Evansville, IN) 2014 Truman State 58–45 Maryville 2015 Drury (3) 68–65 Southern IndianaFamily Arena (St. Charles, MO) 2016 Bellarmine 89–78 Quincy 2017 Drury (4) 67–63 LewisFord Center (Evansville, IN) 2018 Drury (5) 62–52 Southern Indiana Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) 2019 Drury (6) 94–48 Bellarmine 2020 Drury (7) 77–55 Lewis 2021 Drury (8) 76–70 Truman State O'Reilly Family Event Center, Drury University (Springfield, MO) 2022 Drury (9) 76–47 Lewis Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) 2023 Drury (10) 71–52 LewisHyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO) 2024 Lewis (4) 79–67 Drury 2025 Quincy (3) 64–60 Maryville 2026 Maryville (2) 83–75 (OT) Missouri–St. Louis Mark Twain Building, University of Missouri - St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Championship Years Missouri–St. Louis 0–1 1 Drury 10–3 13 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Lewis 4–4 8 2007, 2011, 2013, 2024 Northern Kentucky 4–3 7 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009 Southern Indiana 3–2 5 1998, 2001, 2002 Quincy 3–3 6 2004, 2005, 2025 Indianapolis 1–4 5 2003 Maryville 2–3 5 2012, 2026 Bellarmine 1–2 3 2016 Truman State 1–1 2 2014 Kentucky Wesleyan 0–1 1 SIU Edwardsville 0–1 1 Wisconsin–Parkside 0–1 1
Illinois–Springfield, Lincoln (MO), McKendree, Missouri S&T, Rockhurst, Southwest Baptist, Upper Iowa, and William Jewell have not yet reached the finals of the GLVC tournament. IPFW, Lindenwood, and Saint Joseph's never reached the tournament finals before departing the GLVC. Schools highlighted in pink are former GLVC members, as of the 2024–25 season.
See also Great Lakes Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
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