Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference basketball championship
Defunct:yes
Sport:College basketball
Conference:Colonial States Athletic Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Years:1994–2023
Most Championships:Cabrini (13)
Website:CSAC men's basketball

The Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Colonial States Athletic Conference. The tournament was held annually from 1994 to 2023, when the CSAC completed its merger into the United East Conference. All CSAC members at the time of the merger therefore became eligible for future iterations of the United East Men's Basketball Championship.

The tournament was single-elimination with seeding based on regular season records.[1]

Prior to 2008, when the CSAC was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, the event was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.

The winner, declared conference champion, received the CSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

Pennsylvania Athletic Conference

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
1994Cabrini114–79Beaver
1995Cabrini85–74Beaver
1996Cabrini85–67Allentown
1997Cabrini80–66Alvernia
1998Cabrini81–70Alvernia
1999Gwynedd Mercy84–74Misericordia
2000Alvernia88–72Misericordia
2001Cabrini73–71Alvernia
2002Cabrini71–67[2] Neumann
2003Alvernia80–73Neumann
2004Gwynedd Mercy83–62Alvernia
2005Gwynedd Mercy81–63Alvernia
2006Alvernia66–63Wesley
2007Alvernia70–55Immaculata

Colonial States Athletic Conference

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
2008Immaculata85–68Gwynedd Mercy
2009Gwynedd Mercy108–96Cabrini
2010Cabrini97–73Neumann
2011Cabrini92–70Gwynedd Mercy
2012Cabrini86–78Keystone
2013Cabrini90–74Keystone
2014Cabrini96–79Neumann
2015Neumann93–92 (OT)Cabrini
2016Gwynedd Mercy84–70Neumann
2017Neumann77–53Gwynedd Mercy
2018Cabrini89–76Neumann
2019Rosemont100–97Cairn
2020Cairn113–105Centenary (NJ)
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Wilson (PA)77–72Cairn
2023Wilson (PA)89–68Keystone

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals Appearancesclass=unsortable Years
Cabrini13–2151994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
Gwynedd Mercy5–381999, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2016
Alvernia4–592000, 2003, 2006, 2007
Wilson (PA)2–022022, 2023
Neumann1–562017
Cairn1–232020
Immaculata1–122008
Rosemont1–012019
Keystone0–33
Arcadia
(Beaver)
0–22
Misericordia0–22
Centenary (NJ)0–11
DeSales
(Allentown)
0–11
Wesley (DE)0–11

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Basketball Archives . CSAC . 2018. March 1, 2018.
  2. Web site: D3hoops.com: 2002 men's conference tournaments . Pat Coleman . 2002 . April 8, 2023 . March 6, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020306014346/http://www.d3hoops.com/salem/02/confplay.htm . bot: unknown .