Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1963–1973, 2003–present
Current championSt. Thomas (TX) (2nd)
Most championshipsTrinity (TX) (6)
Official websiteSCAC men's basketball

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.[1]

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the SCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results[]

Tournament (1963–1971)[]

Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
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)[]

Year Champions Venue
1972 Centre (KY)
Southwestern (TN)
Washington and Lee 		Lexington, VA
1973 Sewanee Sewanee, TN

Tournament (2003–present)[]

Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
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

Championship records[]

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Trinity (TX) 6–2 8 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
Rhodes
(Southwestern) 		3–4 7 1964, 1969, 1972*
Washington–St. Louis 3–1 4 1963, 1965, 1968
Sewanee 2–1 3 1966, 1973
St. Thomas (TX) 2–0 2 2021, 2022
Centenary (LA) 1–3 4 2020
DePauw 1–2 3 2006
Schreiner 1–1 1 2018
Millsaps 1–0 1 2008
Colorado College 0–2 2
Dallas 0–1 1
Oglethorpe 0–1 1
Southwestern (TX) 0–1 1
  • Austin (TX) has 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

References[]

  1. ^ "Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Record Book" (PDF). SCAC. 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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