Conference Carolinas men's basketball tournament

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Conference Carolinas men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Conference Carolinas
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1936, 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]

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

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue
1936 High Point 49–39 Lenoir–Rhyne High Point, NC
1937Not held
1938Not held
1939Not held
1940Not held
1941 Appalachian State 51–40 Catawba High Point, NC
1942High Point50–34Appalachian StateHigh Point, NC
1943Appalachian State36–31 Western Carolina High Point, NC
1944Not held
1945Not held
1946Not held
1947 Elon 53–51Western CarolinaHigh Point, NC
1948Appalachian State74–59High Point Elkin, NC
1949Lenoir–Rhyne57–55Appalachian StateElkin, NC
1950Appalachian State67–53Elon Statesville, NC
1951High Point66–62 East Carolina Statesville, NC
1952Lenoir–Rhyne74–59High PointStatesville, NC
1953High Point66–63Elon Winston-Salem, NC
1954East Carolina86–75 Atlantic Christian Lexington, NC
1955Atlantic Christian108–85Lenoir–RhyneLexington, NC
1956Elon71–67Lenoir–RhyneLexington, NC
1957Lenoir–Rhyne71–58Western CarolinaLexington, NC
1958Lenoir–Rhyne79–64High PointLexington, NC
1959Western Carolina39–36CatawbaLexington, NC
1960Catawba59–57OTLenoir–RhyneLexington, NC
1961High Point †88–73Atlantic ChristianLexington, NC
1962Western Carolina69–58High PointLexington, NC
1963Lenoir–Rhyne63–47High PointLexington, NC
1964Lenoir–Rhyne31–30High PointLexington, NC
1965Elon67–60High PointLexington, NC
1966High Point59–55Appalachian StateLexington, NC
1967Appalachian State91–67 Guilford Lexington, NC
1968Guilford80–73CatawbaWinston-Salem, NC
1969High Point80–67 Newberry Winston-Salem, NC
1970Guilford66–61ElonWinston-Salem, NC
1971Elon58–57GuilfordWinston-Salem, NC
1972Elon83–69Guilford Elon, NC
1973Catawba72–69GuilfordLexington, NC
1974Lenoir–Rhyne65–63 Mars Hill Lexington, NC
1975 Pfeiffer 61–58High PointLexington, NC
1976Guilford89–74CatawbaLexington, NC
1977Catawba67–65OT Pembroke State Lexington, NC
1978High Point82–80GuilfordLexington, NC
1979High Point54–51Pfeiffer Salisbury, NC
1980Catawba10–9High PointSalisbury, NC
1981Pembroke State63–61 Wingate Salisbury, NC
1982Pembroke State77–76CatawbaSalisbury, NC
1983Catawba82–75Pembroke StateElon, NC
1984Pembroke State73–62WingateElon, NC
1985Lenoir–Rhyne62–58CatawbaSalisbury, NC
1986Pembroke State85–81OTAtlantic ChristianSalisbury, NC
1987High Point56–51ElonSalisbury, NC
1988High Point67–64WingateSalisbury, NC
1989High Point97–92WingateHigh Point, NC
1990Pembroke State86–82PfeifferHigh Point, NC
1991Pfeiffer110–96Pembroke StateHigh Point, NC
1992Pfeiffer98–59High Point Misenheimer, NC
1993Pfeiffer69–62 Mount Olive Misenheimer, NC
1994Pfeiffer76–67High PointMisenheimer, NC
1995Pfeiffer84–79High PointMisenheimer, NC
1996 Queens (NC) 86–73OTHigh PointHigh Point, NC
1997High Point71–68Queens (NC)High Point, NC
1998Queens (NC)63–55Barton Fort Mill, SC
1999Queens (NC)78–72PfeifferFort Mill, SC
2000 St. Andrews (NC) 82–81PfeifferFort Mill, SC
2001 Longwood 80–65Queens (NC)Fort Mill, SC
2002 Belmont Abbey 78–60Queens (NC)Fort Mill, SC
2003Belmont Abbey73–68PfeifferMisenheimer, NC
2004Pfeiffer106–95Mount Olive Due West, SC
2005Pfeiffer98–84Mount Olive Gaffney, SC
2006Barton102–1002OTMount Olive Mount Olive, NC
2007Barton92–80Mount OliveMisenheimer, NC
2008Mount Olive90–82Queens (NC)Mount Olive, NC
2009Barton65–52 Erskine Wilson, NC
2010Mount Olive83–80 Anderson (SC) Mount Olive, NC
2011 Limestone 68–59BartonGaffney, SC
2012Barton67–60Mount OliveMount Olive, NC
2013Belmont Abbey67–55LimestoneGaffney, SC
2014Limestone69–54 King (TN) Concord, NC
2015 North Greenville 68–66Mount OliveMount Olive, NC
2016King (TN)85–53Barton Bristol, TN
2017Limestone76–70King (TN)Misenheimer, NC
2018 Lees–McRae 75–72Belmont Abbey Banner Elk, NC
2019 Emmanuel 75–72Belmont Abbey Franklin Springs, GA
2020 Southern Wesleyan 78–68Belmont Abbey Spartanburg, SC
2021Belmont Abbey82–70Emmanuel Franklin Springs, GA
2022Belmont Abbey79–73UNC PembrokeSpartanburg, SC
2023Emmanuel77–60Belmont Abbey

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
High Point 12–13251936, 1942, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1966, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997
Pfeiffer 8–5131975, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005
Lenoir–Rhyne 8–4121949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1985
Barton
(Atlantic Christian)
5–6111955, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Catawba 5–6111960, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983
Belmont Abbey 5–492002, 2003, 2013, 2021, 2022
UNC Pembroke
(Pembroke State)
5–491981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990
Elon 5–491947, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1972
Appalachian State 5–381941, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1967
Guilford 3–581968, 1970, 1976
Limestone 3–142011, 2014, 2017
Queens (NC) 3–471996, 1998, 1999
Mount Olive 2–792008, 2010
Western Carolina 2–351959, 1962
Emmanuel 2–132019, 2023
King (TN) 1–232016
East Carolina 1–121954
Southern Wesleyan 1–012020
Lees–McRae 1–012018
Longwood 1–012001
North Greenville 1–012015
St. Andrews (NC) 1–012000
Wingate 0–44
Anderson (SC) 0–11
Erskine 0–11
Newberry 0–11
Mars Hill 0–11

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References

  1. "Conference History". Year-by-year records. Conference Carolinas. 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2017.