Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

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Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played2011–present
Current champion Seattle Pacific (5th)
Most championshipsSeattle Pacific (5)
Official website GNAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus sites (2011–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (2011–present)

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2011. 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.

Tournament format

Since its establishment in 2011, the GNAC tournament began as an 8-team tournament but has since decreased in size to six teams. The eight-team tournament, played during 2011 and 2012, featured all teams contesting the initial quarterfinal. Meanwhile, the six-team tournament, played since 2013, gave the two top-seeded teams a bye into the semifinals while the remaining teams played in the preliminary quarterfinal round.

Aside from the inaugural tournament in 2011 which was played only on team campuses, the remaining tournaments have been played at rotation amongst the members.

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue
2011 Central Washington 83–71 Alaska Anchorage Jamar Berry, Central WashingtonNicholson Pavilion (Ellensburg, WA)
2012 Montana State Billings 74–70Alaska AnchorageRobert Mayes, Montana State BillingsMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2013 Seattle Pacific 72–70 Western Washington David Downs, Seattle PacificMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2014Seattle Pacific65–62Western WashingtonDavid Downs (2), Seattle PacificMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2015Seattle Pacific81–68Western WashingtonCory Hutsen, Seattle PacificAlterowitz Gymnasium (Billings, MT)
2016 Western Oregon 78–71 Alaska Devon Alexander, Western OregonMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2017Western Washington71–69Western OregonTaylor Stafford, Western WashingtonMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2018Western Oregon65–55 Saint Martin's Vince Boumann, Western Oregon Alaska Airlines Center (Anchorage, AK)
2019Seattle Pacific78-66Western OregonColeman Wooten, Seattle PacificSam Carver Gymnasium (Bellingham, Washington)
2020Western Washington81–78Alaska AnchorageTrevor Jasinsky, Western WashingtonRoyal Brougham Pavilion (Seattle, Washington)
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Alaska72–57Central WashingtonShadeed Shabazz, AlaskaMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2023Northwest Nazarene65-57Saint Martin'sRyzin "Biggie" Bergersen, Northwest NazareneCarver Gym (Bellingham, WA)
2024Central Washington78–69Alaska AnchorageSamaad Hector, Central WashingtonNicholson Pavilion (Ellensburg, WA)
2025Seattle Pacific72–61Central WashingtonMason Landdeck, Seattle PacificMarcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
Seattle Pacific 5–052013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2025
Western Washington 2–352017, 2020
Central Washington 2–242011, 2024
Western Oregon 2–242016, 2018
Alaska 1–122022
Montana State Billings 1–012012
Northwest Nazarene 1–012023
Alaska Anchorage 0–44
Saint Martin's 0–22

See also

References

  1. "GNAC Men's Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). Year-by-year records. GNAC. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.