Conference Carolinas men's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Conference Carolinas |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1936, 1941–1943, 1947–present |
Current champion | Emmanuel (2nd) |
Most championships | High Point (12) |
Official website | CC men's basketball |
The Conference Carolinas men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for Conference Carolinas (formerly the North State Intercollegiate Conference, Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference). The tournament has been held annually since 1936 with two gaps between 1937–40 and 1944–46. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1]
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
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1936 | High Point | 49–39 | Lenoir–Rhyne | High Point, NC |
1937 | Not held | |||
1938 | Not held | |||
1939 | Not held | |||
1940 | Not held | |||
1941 | Appalachian State | 51–40 | Catawba | High Point, NC |
1942 | High Point | 50–34 | Appalachian State | High Point, NC |
1943 | Appalachian State | 36–31 | Western Carolina | High Point, NC |
1944 | Not held | |||
1945 | Not held | |||
1946 | Not held | |||
1947 | Elon | 53–51 | Western Carolina | High Point, NC |
1948 | Appalachian State | 74–59 | High Point | Elkin, NC |
1949 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 57–55 | Appalachian State | Elkin, NC |
1950 | Appalachian State | 67–53 | Elon | Statesville, NC |
1951 | High Point | 66–62 | East Carolina | Statesville, NC |
1952 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 74–59 | High Point | Statesville, NC |
1953 | High Point | 66–63 | Elon | Winston-Salem, NC |
1954 | East Carolina | 86–75 | Atlantic Christian | Lexington, NC |
1955 | Atlantic Christian | 108–85 | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lexington, NC |
1956 | Elon | 71–67 | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lexington, NC |
1957 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 71–58 | Western Carolina | Lexington, NC |
1958 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 79–64 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1959 | Western Carolina | 39–36 | Catawba | Lexington, NC |
1960 | Catawba | 59–57OT | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lexington, NC |
1961 | High Point † | 88–73 | Atlantic Christian | Lexington, NC |
1962 | Western Carolina | 69–58 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1963 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 63–47 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1964 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 31–30 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1965 | Elon | 67–60 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1966 | High Point | 59–55 | Appalachian State | Lexington, NC |
1967 | Appalachian State | 91–67 | Guilford | Lexington, NC |
1968 | Guilford | 80–73 | Catawba | Winston-Salem, NC |
1969 | High Point | 80–67 | Newberry | Winston-Salem, NC |
1970 | Guilford | 66–61 | Elon | Winston-Salem, NC |
1971 | Elon | 58–57 | Guilford | Winston-Salem, NC |
1972 | Elon | 83–69 | Guilford | Elon, NC |
1973 | Catawba | 72–69 | Guilford | Lexington, NC |
1974 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 65–63 | Mars Hill | Lexington, NC |
1975 | Pfeiffer | 61–58 | High Point | Lexington, NC |
1976 | Guilford | 89–74 | Catawba | Lexington, NC |
1977 | Catawba | 67–65OT | Pembroke State | Lexington, NC |
1978 | High Point | 82–80 | Guilford | Lexington, NC |
1979 | High Point | 54–51 | Pfeiffer | Salisbury, NC |
1980 | Catawba | 10–9 | High Point | Salisbury, NC |
1981 | Pembroke State | 63–61 | Wingate | Salisbury, NC |
1982 | Pembroke State | 77–76 | Catawba | Salisbury, NC |
1983 | Catawba | 82–75 | Pembroke State | Elon, NC |
1984 | Pembroke State | 73–62 | Wingate | Elon, NC |
1985 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 62–58 | Catawba | Salisbury, NC |
1986 | Pembroke State | 85–81OT | Atlantic Christian | Salisbury, NC |
1987 | High Point | 56–51 | Elon | Salisbury, NC |
1988 | High Point | 67–64 | Wingate | Salisbury, NC |
1989 | High Point | 97–92 | Wingate | High Point, NC |
1990 | Pembroke State | 86–82 | Pfeiffer | High Point, NC |
1991 | Pfeiffer | 110–96 | Pembroke State | High Point, NC |
1992 | Pfeiffer | 98–59 | High Point | Misenheimer, NC |
1993 | Pfeiffer | 69–62 | Mount Olive | Misenheimer, NC |
1994 | Pfeiffer | 76–67 | High Point | Misenheimer, NC |
1995 | Pfeiffer | 84–79 | High Point | Misenheimer, NC |
1996 | Queens (NC) | 86–73OT | High Point | High Point, NC |
1997 | High Point | 71–68 | Queens (NC) | High Point, NC |
1998 | Queens (NC) | 63–55 | Barton | Fort Mill, SC |
1999 | Queens (NC) | 78–72 | Pfeiffer | Fort Mill, SC |
2000 | St. Andrews (NC) | 82–81 | Pfeiffer | Fort Mill, SC |
2001 | Longwood | 80–65 | Queens (NC) | Fort Mill, SC |
2002 | Belmont Abbey | 78–60 | Queens (NC) | Fort Mill, SC |
2003 | Belmont Abbey | 73–68 | Pfeiffer | Misenheimer, NC |
2004 | Pfeiffer | 106–95 | Mount Olive | Due West, SC |
2005 | Pfeiffer | 98–84 | Mount Olive | Gaffney, SC |
2006 | Barton | 102–1002OT | Mount Olive | Mount Olive, NC |
2007 | Barton | 92–80 | Mount Olive | Misenheimer, NC |
2008 | Mount Olive | 90–82 | Queens (NC) | Mount Olive, NC |
2009 | Barton | 65–52 | Erskine | Wilson, NC |
2010 | Mount Olive | 83–80 | Anderson (SC) | Mount Olive, NC |
2011 | Limestone | 68–59 | Barton | Gaffney, SC |
2012 | Barton | 67–60 | Mount Olive | Mount Olive, NC |
2013 | Belmont Abbey | 67–55 | Limestone | Gaffney, SC |
2014 | Limestone | 69–54 | King (TN) | Concord, NC |
2015 | North Greenville | 68–66 | Mount Olive | Mount Olive, NC |
2016 | King (TN) | 85–53 | Barton | Bristol, TN |
2017 | Limestone | 76–70 | King (TN) | Misenheimer, NC |
2018 | Lees–McRae | 75–72 | Belmont Abbey | Banner Elk, NC |
2019 | Emmanuel | 75–72 | Belmont Abbey | Franklin Springs, GA |
2020 | Southern Wesleyan | 78–68 | Belmont Abbey | Spartanburg, SC |
2021 | Belmont Abbey | 82–70 | Emmanuel | Franklin Springs, GA |
2022 | Belmont Abbey | 79–73 | UNC Pembroke | Spartanburg, SC |
2023 | Emmanuel | 77–60 | Belmont Abbey |
School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
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High Point | 12–13 | 25 | 1936, 1942, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 |
Pfeiffer | 8–5 | 13 | 1975, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005 |
Lenoir–Rhyne | 8–4 | 12 | 1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1985 |
Barton (Atlantic Christian) | 5–6 | 11 | 1955, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
Catawba | 5–6 | 11 | 1960, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983 |
Belmont Abbey | 5–4 | 9 | 2002, 2003, 2013, 2021, 2022 |
UNC Pembroke (Pembroke State) | 5–4 | 9 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 |
Elon | 5–4 | 9 | 1947, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1972 |
Appalachian State | 5–3 | 8 | 1941, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1967 |
Guilford | 3–5 | 8 | 1968, 1970, 1976 |
Limestone | 3–1 | 4 | 2011, 2014, 2017 |
Queens (NC) | 3–4 | 7 | 1996, 1998, 1999 |
Mount Olive | 2–7 | 9 | 2008, 2010 |
Western Carolina | 2–3 | 5 | 1959, 1962 |
Emmanuel | 2–1 | 3 | 2019, 2023 |
King (TN) | 1–2 | 3 | 2016 |
East Carolina | 1–1 | 2 | 1954 |
Southern Wesleyan | 1–0 | 1 | 2020 |
Lees–McRae | 1–0 | 1 | 2018 |
Longwood | 1–0 | 1 | 2001 |
North Greenville | 1–0 | 1 | 2015 |
St. Andrews (NC) | 1–0 | 1 | 2000 |
Wingate | 0–4 | 4 | |
Anderson (SC) | 0–1 | 1 | |
Erskine | 0–1 | 1 | |
Newberry | 0–1 | 1 | |
Mars Hill | 0–1 | 1 |
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