The Great American Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
| Great American Conferencee men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Great American Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 2012–present |
| Current champion | Arkansas Tech (3rd) |
| Most championships | Arkansas Tech (3) |
| Official website | GAC men's basketball |
| Host stadiums | |
| FireLake Arena (2022–2023) Steelman Field House (2021) Bruin Fieldhouse (2012–2020) | |
| Host locations | |
| Shawnee, OK (2022–2023) Monticello, AR (2021) Bartlesville, OK (2012–2020) | |
The tournament has been held annually since 2012, one year after the conference was initially founded. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Arkansas Tech have won the most tournaments, with three.
Results
edit| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Arkansas Tech | 69–58 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Jared Williamson, Arkansas Tech |
Bruin Fieldhouse (Bartlesville, OK) |
| 2013 | Ouachita Baptist | 59–54 | Arkansas Tech | Colt Fason, Ouachita Baptist | |
| 2014 | Harding | 93–86 (OT) |
Henderson State | Weston Jameson, Harding | |
| 2015 | Arkansas Tech (2) | 80–77 | East Central | Mike Balogun, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2016 | Ouachita Baptist (2) | 72–56 | Harding | Tirrell Brown, Ouachita Baptist | |
| 2017 | East Central | 82–67 | Arkansas–Monticello | Braxton Reeves, East Central | |
| 2018 | Southern Nazarene | 62–57 | Arkansas–Monticello | Jhonathan Dunn, Southern Nazarene | |
| 2019 | Southern Nazarene (2) | 80–77 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | Micah Speight, Southern Nazarene | |
| 2020 | Henderson State | 72–61 | Oklahoma Baptist | Chris Parker, Henderson State | |
| 2021 | Arkansas–Monticello | 75–74 | Southern Arkansas | DaJuan Jones, Arkansas–Monticello |
Steelman Field House (Monticello, AR) |
| 2022 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 66–58 | Southern Nazarene | Damion Thornton, Southwestern Oklahoma State |
FireLake Arena (Shawnee, OK) |
| 2023 | Southern Arkansas | 89–69 | Arkansas Tech | Brock Schreiner, Southern Arkansas | |
| 2024 | Arkansas Tech | 72–57 | Southern Nazarene | Cassius Brooks, Arkansas Tech |
Championship records
edit| School | Finals Appearances |
Finals Record |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Tech | 5 | 3–2 | 2012, 2015, 2024 |
| Southern Nazarene | 4 | 2–2 | 2018, 2019 |
| Ouachita Baptist | 3 | 2–1 | 2013, 2016 |
| Arkansas–Monticello | 3 | 1–2 | 2021 |
| Southern Arkansas | 2 | 1–1 | 2023 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State | 2 | 1–1 | 2022 |
| Henderson State | 2 | 1–1 | 2020 |
| East Central | 2 | 1–1 | 2017 |
| Harding | 2 | 1–1 | 2014 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 0–1 | |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State | 1 | 0–1 |
- Northwestern Oklahoma State has not yet reached the tournament final.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "GAC MEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY". History. Great American Conference. 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.