Northwest Conference men's basketball tournament

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Northwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Northwest Conference
Number of teams4
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1994–present
Current champion Whitworth (16th)
Most championships Whitworth (16)
Official website NWC men's basketball

The Northwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1994. 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 NWC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Whitworth are the three-time defending champions.

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue
1994 Willamette 87–78 Lewis & Clark Salem, OR
1995Lewis & Clark79–71WillametteSalem, OR
1996 Whitworth 66–53Lewis & Clark Spokane, WA
1997 Pacific (OR) 88–79Lewis & Clark Forest Grove, OR
1998Lewis & Clark79–61 Pacific Lutheran Portland, OR
1999Not held
2000Willamette77–70 Linfield McMinnville, OR
2001Lewis & Clark101–88LinfieldPortland, OR
2002Lewis & Clark101–86WhitworthPortland, OR
2003Whitworth77–64WillametteSpokane, WA
2004Not held
2005Not held
2006 Puget Sound 94–86Whitworth Tacoma, WA
2007Whitworth69–62Lewis & ClarkSpokane, WA
2008Whitworth96–69Puget SoundSpokane, WA
2009Whitworth90–80OTPuget SoundTacoma, WA
2010Whitworth97–75 George Fox Spokane, WA
2011Whitworth74–50 Whitman Spokane, WA
2012Whitworth86–71Puget SoundSpokane, WA
2013Whitworth93–72WhitmanSpokane, WA
2014Whitworth71–68Puget SoundSpokane, WA
2015Whitworth69–58Lewis & ClarkSpokane, WA
2016Whitworth75–62Pacific LutheranSpokane, WA
2017Whitman86–83Whitworth Walla Walla, WA
2018Whitworth91–88WhitmanWalla Walla, WA
2019Whitman107–102WhitworthWalla Walla, WA
2020Whitman86–80WhitworthSpokane, WA
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022Whitworth85–59WhitmanSpokane, WA
2023Whitworth78–65WhitmanWalla Walla, WA
2024Whitworth81–75WhitmanSpokane, Wa

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
Whitworth 16–5211996, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024
Lewis & Clark 4–591995, 1998, 2001, 2002
Whitman 3–582017, 2019, 2020
Willamette 2–351994, 2000
Puget Sound 1–452006
Pacific (OR) 1–011997
Linfield 0–22
Pacific Lutheran 0–22
George Fox 0–11

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References

  1. "Men's NWC Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). Year-by-year records. NWC. 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017.