Great American Conferencee women's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Great American Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 2012–present |
Current champion | Henderson State (1st) |
Most championships | Southwestern Oklahoma State (4) |
Official website | GAC women's basketball |
Host stadiums | |
FireLake Arena (2022–2023) Sawyer Center (2021) Bruin Fieldhouse (2012–2020) | |
Host locations | |
Shawnee, OK (2022–2023) Bethany, OK (2021) Bartlesville, OK (2012–2020) |
The Great American Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
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 women's basketball tournament.
Southwestern Oklahoma State has won the most tournaments with four.
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
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2012 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 69–58 | Harding | Darcie Dick, Southwestern Oklahoma State | Bruin Fieldhouse (Bartlesville, OK) |
2013 | Arkansas Tech | 70–66 (OT) | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Jessica Weatherford, Arkansas Tech | |
2014 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (2) | 78–74 | Harding | Michelle Fisher, Southwestern Oklahoma State | |
2015 | Harding | 68–50 | Arkansas Tech | Sydney Layrock, Harding | |
2016 | Arkansas Tech (2) | 106–85 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Fatima Adams, Arkansas Tech | |
2017 | Harding (2) | 75–73 | Arkansas Tech | Sydnie Jones, Harding | |
2018 | Arkansas Tech (3) | 63–62 | Harding | Cheyenne North, Arkansas Tech | |
2019 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (3) | 87–66 | Arkansas Tech | Bethany Franks, Southwestern Oklahoma State | |
2020 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 71–52 | Arkansas–Monticello | Kamryn Cantwell, Southeastern Oklahoma State | |
2021 | Southern Nazarene | 58–56 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | Cassandra Awatt, Southern Nazarene | Sawyer Center (Bethany, OK) |
2022 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (4) | 89–68 | Arkansas Tech | Makyra Tramble, Southwestern Oklahoma State | FireLake Arena (Shawnee, OK) |
2023 | Southern Nazarene (2) | 57–46 | Harding | Hannah Giddey, Southern Nazarene | |
2024 | Henderson State | 71–55 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Ashley Farrar, Henderson State |
School | Finals Appearances | Finals Record | Years |
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Southwestern Oklahoma State | 7 | 4–3 | 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022 |
Arkansas Tech | 7 | 3–4 | 2013, 2016, 2018 |
Harding | 6 | 2–4 | 2015, 2017 |
Southern Nazarene | 2 | 2–0 | 2021, 2023 |
Southeastern Oklahoma State | 2 | 1–1 | 2020 |
Henderson State | 1 | 1–0 | 2024 |
Arkansas–Monticello | 1 | 0–1 |
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