Great Midwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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Great Midwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Great Midwest Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played2013–present
Current champion Walsh (4th)
Most championships Walsh (4)
Official website G-MAC men's basketball
Host locations
Home court of higher-seeded team (2013–present)

The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1]

Contents

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

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue
2013 Cedarville 70–59 Trevecca Nazarene Callan Athletic Center (Cedarville, OH)
2014 Alderson Broaddus 65–61 Kentucky Wesleyan Rex Pyles Arena (Philippi, WV)
2015Alderson Broaddus50–47Kentucky WesleyanRex Pyles Arena (Philippi, WV)
2016Kentucky Wesleyan78–69Trevecca Nazarene Owensboro Sportscenter (Owensboro, KY)
2017Kentucky Wesleyan91–63Alderson BroaddusOwensboro Sportscenter (Owensboro, KY)
2018 Ohio Dominican 71–53 Hillsdale Croy Gymnasium (Findlay, OH)
2019 Walsh 58-52 Findlay Croy Gymnasium (Findlay, OH)
2020Walsh69–48Kentucky WesleyanCroy Gymnasium (Findlay, OH)
2021 Malone 77–59CedarvilleDawn Tibbetts Potter Arena (Hillsdale, MI)
2022Walsh76–62CedarvilleAlumni Arena (North Canton, OH)
2023 Ashland 82–78Malone
2024Walsh65–56 Thomas More

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesChampionship Years
Walsh 4–042019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Alderson Broaddus 2–132014, 2015
Kentucky Wesleyan 2–352016, 2017
Cedarville 1–232013
Ashland 1–012023
Malone 1–012021
Ohio Dominican 1–012018
Trevecca Nazarene 0–22
Thomas More 0–11
Findlay 0–11
Hillsdale 0–11

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References

  1. "G-MAC Men's Basketball Tournament". G-MAC. 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.