| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|
| 1983 | Penn State (1) | 77–74 | Rutgers | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1984 | Penn State (2) | 99–64 | Rhode Island | Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania |
| 1985 | Penn State (3) | 96–59 | Temple | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1986 | Penn State (4) | 84–69 | Rutgers | WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia |
| 1987 | Rutgers (1) | 93–48 | Saint Joseph's | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1988 | Rutgers (2) | 64–62 | Saint Joseph's |
| 1989 | West Virginia (1) | 63–54 | Temple |
| 1990 | Penn State (5) | 84–60 | Saint Joseph's | Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania |
| 1991 | Penn State (6) | 78–63 | Saint Joseph's | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1992 | George Washington (1) | 62–57 | Rutgers | Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 1993 | Rutgers (3) | 59–51 | Saint Joseph's | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1994 | Rutgers (4) | 79–71 | George Washington | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1995 | George Washington (2) | 82–59 | Rutgers |
| 1996 | George Washington (3) | 73–68 | La Salle | Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 1997 | Saint Joseph's (1) | 59–56 | George Washington | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1998 | Virginia Tech (1) | 66–64 (OT) | UMass | William D. Mullins Memorial Center, Amherst, Massachusetts |
| 1999 | Saint Joseph's (2) | 85–73 | Xavier | The Apollo of Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Xavier (1) | 80–66 | George Washington | Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2001 | Xavier (2) | 81–56 | George Washington |
| 2002 | Temple (1) | 63–58 | Saint Joseph's |
| 2003 | George Washington (4) | 56–49 | Rhode Island | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 2004 | Temple (2) | 53–48 | Saint Joseph's | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2005 | Temple (3) | 70–62 | George Washington | Charles E. Smith Athletic Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 2006 | Temple (4) | 59–54 | George Washington | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2007 | Xavier (3) | 65–59 | Saint Joseph's | Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 2008 | Xavier (4) | 47–42 | Temple | Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2009 | Charlotte (1) | 59–54 | Richmond | Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 2010 | Xavier (5) | 57–55 (OT) | Temple | The Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| 2011 | Xavier (6) | 67–60 | Dayton | Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts |
| 2012 | Dayton (1) | 56–53 | St. Bonaventure | Hagan Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2013 | Saint Joseph's (3) | 47–46 | Fordham | Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2014 | Fordham (1) | 63–51 | Dayton | Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2015 | George Washington (5) | 75–62 | Dayton |
| 2016 | George Washington (6) | 63–60 | Duquesne |
| 2017 | Dayton (2) | 70–56 | Duquesne |
| 2018 | George Washington (7) | 65–49 | Saint Joseph's |
| 2019 | Fordham (2) | 62–47 | VCU | Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 2020 | Dayton (3) | 52–48 | VCU | UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio |
| 2021 | VCU (1) | 81–69 | UMass | Siegel Center, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2022 | UMass (1) | 62–56 | Dayton | Chase Fieldhouse, Wilmington, Delaware |
| 2023 | Saint Louis (1) | 91–85 | UMass |
| 2024 | Richmond (1) | 65–51 | Rhode Island | Henrico Sports & Events Center, Henrico, Virginia |
| 2025 | George Mason (1) | 73–58 | Saint Joseph's |
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