SLIAC men's basketball tournament explained

SLIAC men's basketball tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference basketball championship
Sport:Basketball
Conference:St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Years:1991–1999, 2005–present
Current Champion:Fontbonne (7th)
Most Championships:Fontbonne (7)
Website:SLIAC men's basketball
All Stadiums:Campus gyms (1991–1999, 2005–present)
All Locations:Campus sites (1991–1999, 2005–present)

The SLIAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the SLIAC started play in 1991, with a five-year hiatus between 2000 and 2004. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

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

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
1991Blackburn68–48Westminster
1992Blackburn73–62MacMurray
1993MacMurray81–76Westminster
1994Fontbonne94–80Blackburn
1995Westminster82–72MacMurray
1996Fontbonne72–67MacMurray
1997Maryville79–75 (OT)Blackburn
1998Greenville80–79Fontbonne
1999MacMurray71–69Maryville
2000–
2004
Not held
2005Blackburn65–52Webster
2006Maryville90–65Westminster
2007Fontbonne88–79 (OT)Eureka
2008Fontbonne73–72Maryville
2009Fontbonne87–82Westminster
2010Westminster74–67Eureka
2011Webster64–47Westminster
2012Westminster58–56MacMurray
2013Spalding64–62 (OT)Eureka
2014Webster55–41Spalding
2015Spalding58–51Fontbonne
2016Westminster61–59Spalding
2017Westminster128–121Greenville
2018Greenville126–119Blackburn
2019Eureka70–69Webster
2020Webster121–112Greenville
2021Blackburn77–69Fontbonne
2022Blackburn76–56Webster
2023Fontbonne55–49Webster
2024Fontbonne80–48Spalding

Championship records

SchoolFinals
record
Finals
appearances
class=unsortable Years
Fontbonne7–3101994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2023, 2024
Westminster5–5101995, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Blackburn5–381991, 1992, 2005, 2021, 2022
Webster3–472011, 2014, 2020
MacMurray2–461993, 1999
Spalding2–352013, 2015
Maryville2–241997, 2006
Greenville2–241998, 2018
Eureka1–342019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SLIAC Men's Basketball Archives . SLIAC . 2019. 17 February 2019.