List of SIAA basketball champions

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The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was one of the earliest collegiate athletic conferences, formed in December 1894. Though many of its earliest schools departed in the 1920s to form the Southern Conference, and later the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference, it existed until 1942. The first post-season college conference basketball tournament was staged in 1921 by the SIAA.[1][2] In 1922 and 1923, the SIAA and SoCon shared a common tournament. Western Kentucky under Edgar Diddle won the last 6 tournaments, with 3 led by center Carlisle Towery. In 1947 there was an attempt, led by Western Kentucky, to revive the SIAA. Western Kentucky hosted an SIAA basketball tournament that turned out to be little more than an invitational tournament because most former SIAA members declined to participate.[3]

Champions by year[]

This is an incomplete list of champions of the SIAA.

Year Team
1910 Centre
1911 Centre
1912 Mississippi A&M
1913 Mississippi A&M
1914 Mississippi A&M
1915 LSU
1916 Mississippi A&M
1917 Georgia and LSU
1918 LSU
1919
Vanderbilt[4]
Kentucky

Post SoCon[]

Year Team
1922 Mercer
1923 Chattanooga
1924 Mercer
1925 Mercer
1926 Mississippi College
1927 The Citadel
1928 Mississippi College
1929 Mississippi College
1930 Louisiana-Lafayette
1931 Centenary
1932 Chattanooga and Mississippi College
1933 ?
1934 Western Kentucky
1935 Millsaps
1936 Murray State
1937 Western Kentucky
1938 Western Kentucky
1939 Western Kentucky
1940 Western Kentucky
1941 Western Kentucky
1942 Western Kentucky[5]

Revival[]

Year Team
1947 Western Kentucky

References[]

  1. ^ "Why Are There So Many Major College Post-Season Conference Basketball Tournaments When Forty Years Ago There Were Almost None? – Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog".
  2. ^ "The Early SIAA/Southern Conference Atlanta Basketball Tournament". www.bigbluehistory.net.
  3. ^ SIAA having trouble filling basketball tournament, [1], The Paducah Sun-Democrat 02 Mar 1947 Page 16, retrieved April 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Vanderbilt SIAA champs in 1920". Vanderbilt University Athletics.
  5. ^ "2017-18 WKU Hilltopper Basketball Media Guide". Issuu.
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