| Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Mountain East Conference |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | WesBanco Arena |
| Current location | Wheeling, WV |
| Played | 2014–present |
| Current champion | Fairmont State (2nd) |
| Most championships | Glenville State (5) |
| Official website | MEC women's basketball |
| Host stadiums | |
| WesBanco Arena (2019-present) Charleston Civic Center (2014–2018) | |
| Host locations | |
| Wheeling, WV (2019-present) Charleston, WV(2014–2018) | |
The Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women'sbasketball championship tournament for the Mountain East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the MEC's establishment in 2013, with the first tournament taking place in 2014. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1]
From 2014 to 2018, the tournament was hosted by the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Following several years of low attendance, the league announce it would move the event to the Wheeling Civic Center in Wheeling.
The winner receives the MEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Glenville State | 74–50 | Charleston (WV) | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2015 | West Liberty | 76–55 | Notre Dame (OH) | |
| 2016 | Wheeling Jesuit | 70–66 | West Liberty | |
| 2017 | Wheeling Jesuit | 80–61 | Fairmont State | |
| 2018 | Glenville State | 81–77 | Notre Dame (OH) | |
| 2019 | Glenville State | 78–69 | Charleston (WV) | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2020 | Glenville State | 80–75 | Notre Dame (OH) | |
| 2021 | Charleston | 87–80 | Glenville State | |
| 2022 | Charleston | 80–77 | Glenville State | |
| 2023 | Glenville State | 76–59 | Charleston | |
| 2024 | Fairmont State | 81–67 | West Virginia State | |
| 2025 | Fairmont State | 79–65 | Glenville State |
| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville State | 5–3 | 8 | 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 |
| Charleston | 2–3 | 5 | 2021, 2022 |
| Fairmont State | 2–1 | 3 | 2024, 2025 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling Jesuit) | 2–0 | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| West Liberty | 1–1 | 2 | 2015 |
| Notre Dame (OH) | 0–3 | 3 | |
| West Virginia State | 0–1 | 1 |