SIAC men's basketball tournament explained

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference basketball championship
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Years:1934–present
Current Champion:Clark Atlanta (6th)
Most Championships:Florida A&M (12)
Website:SIAC men's basketball

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference men's basketball championship tournament for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1934.[1] It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

The winner receives the SIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.

Florida A&M have been the most successful team at the SIAC tournament, with twelve championships.

History

SIAC men's basketball tournament
YearChampionsRunner-Up
1934Tuskegee (1)
1935Alabama State (1)LeMoyne–Owen
1936Alabama State (2)Morehouse
1937Morehouse (1)Clark
1938Xavier Louisiana (1)Clark
1939Xavier Louisiana (2)Morehouse
1940Clark (1)Florida A&M
1941Xavier Louisiana (3)Tuskegee
1942Florida A&M (1)Tuskegee
1943South Carolina State (1)Xavier Louisiana
1944Tuskegee (2)Clark
1945Florida A&M (2)Alabama State
1946Morehouse (2)Tuskegee
1947Florida A&M (3)Alabama State
1948Tuskegee (3)South Carolina State
1949Morris Brown (1)Florida A&M
1950Morris Brown (2)Florida A&M
1951Morris Brown (3)Florida A&M
1952Florida A&M (4)Alabama State
1953Bethune–Cookman (1)Xavier Louisiana
1954Clark (2)Florida A&M
1955Florida A&M (5)
1956Knoxville (1)Morehouse
1957Florida A&M (6)Tuskegee
1958Florida A&M (7)Benedict
1959Morris Brown (4)Morehouse
1960Florida A&M (8)South Carolina State
1961Benedict (1)South Carolina State
1962Florida A&M (9)South Carolina State
1963Fisk (1)Clark
1964South Carolina State (2)Florida A&M
1965Clark (3)Bethune–Cookman
1966South Carolina State (3)Clark
1967Florida A&M (10)South Carolina State
1968Bethune–Cookman (2)Florida A&M
1969Fort Valley State (1)Tuskgee
1970Savannah State (1)Alabama State
1971Alabama State (3)Albany State
1972Alabama State (4)Bethune–Cookman
1973Albany State (1)Alabama State
1974Fisk (2)Florida A&M
1975Alabama A&M (1)Miles
1976Alabama A&M (2)Fisk
1977Florida A&M (11)Bethune–Cookman
1978Florida A&M (12)Bethune–Cookman
1979Tuskegee (4)Florida A&M
1980Bethune–Cookman (3)Benedict
1981Morehouse (3)Clark
1982Morris Brown (5)Albany State
1983Albany State (2)Fort Valley State
1984Albany State (3)Tuskegee
1985Albany State (4)Savannah State
1986Alabama A&M (3)Morris Brown
1987Alabama A&M (4)Clark
1988Alabama A&M (5)Albany State
1989Alabama A&M (6)Paine
1990Morehouse (4)Albany State
1991Morehouse (5)Miles
1992Albany State (5)Alabama A&M
1993Alabama A&M (7)LeMoyne–Owen
1994Paine (1)Alabama A&M
1995Alabama A&M (8)Morehouse
1996Alabama A&M (9)Morehouse
1997Albany State (6)Clark Atlanta
1998Fort Valley State (2)Morehouse
1999Paine (2)Clark Atlanta
2000LeMoyne–Owen (1)Fort Valley State
2001Kentucky State (1)Fort Valley State
2002Paine (3)Morehouse
2003Morehouse (6)Miles
2004Benedict (2)Morehouse
2005Lane (1)Albany State
2006Stillman (1)Miles
2007Albany State (7)Fort Valley State
2008Benedict (3)Tuskegee
2009LeMoyne–Owen (2)Clark Atlanta
2010Tuskegee (5)Clark Atlanta
2011Clark Atlanta (4)Stillman
2012Benedict (4)LeMoyne–Owen
2013Benedict (5)Morehouse
2014Tuskegee (6)Fort Valley State
2015Benedict (6)Lane
2016Stillman (2)LeMoyne–Owen
2017Clark Atlanta (5)Fort Valley State
2018Claflin (1)Clark Atlanta
2019Miles (1)LeMoyne–Owen
2020Miles (2)Albany State
2021Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022Savannah State (2)Benedict
2023Miles (3)Benedict
2024Clark Atlanta (6)Miles

Championship records

SchoolTitlesclass=unsortable Years
Florida A&M121942, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1977, 1978
Alabama A&M91975, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
Albany State71973, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2007
Clark Atlanta
(Clark)
61940, 1954, 1965, 2011, 2017, 2024
Benedict61961, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015
Tuskegee61934, 1944, 1948, 1979, 2010, 2014
Morehouse61937, 1946, 1981, 1990, 1991, 2003
Morris Brown51949, 1950, 1951, 1959, 1982
Alabama State41935, 1936, 1971, 1972
Miles32019, 2020, 2023
Paine31994, 1999, 2002
Bethune–Cookman31953, 1968, 1980
South Carolina State31943, 1964, 1966
Xavier Louisiana31938, 1939, 1941
Savannah State21970, 2022
Stillman22006, 2016
LeMoyne–Owen22000, 2009
Fort Valley State21969, 1998
Fisk21963, 1974
Claflin12018
Lane12005
Kentucky State12001
Knoxville11956

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS . thesiac.com . SIAC . 12 March 2023.