PSAC men's basketball tournament
Appearance
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
Number of teams | 12 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1981–present |
Current champion | Indiana (11th) |
Most championships | Cheyney (15) |
Official website | PSAC men's basketball |
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
Between 1951 and 1960, the regular season champion was declared league champion based on record alone. From 1961 to 1980, a singular championship game was held between the top two teams from the regular season standings. Finally, a tournament (of varying sizes, presently at 12) has been held each year since 1981.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the PSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results
Pre-tournament champions
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Championship game only
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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1961 | Mansfield State | 97–87 | Indiana State (PA) |
1962 | Mansfield State | 58–54 | Edinboro State |
1963 | Slippery Rock State | 74–73 | Mansfield State |
1964 | Mansfield State | 98–90 | Edinboro State |
1965 | Cheyney State | 73–47 | Slippery Rock State |
1966 | Cheyney State | 96–76 | Edinboro State |
1967 | Cheyney State | 84–57 | California State (PA) |
1968 | Edinboro State | 73–61 | Cheyney State |
1969 | Cheyney State | 83–69 | Edinboro State |
1970 | California State (PA) | 110–91 | Cheyney State |
1971 | Cheyney State | 90–65 | Clarion State |
1972 | Cheyney State | 97–88 | Slippery Rock State |
1973 | Cheyney State | 76–62 | Clarion State |
1974 | Indiana State (PA) | 79–69 | Bloomsburg State |
1975 | Mansfield State | 79–70 | Edinboro State |
1976 | Cheyney State | 78–77 | Edinboro State |
1977 | Cheyney State | 75–71 | Clarion State |
1978 | Cheyney State | 75–72 | Slippery Rock State |
1979 | Cheyney State | 72–71 | Clarion State |
1980 | Cheyney State | 66–59 | Clarion State |
Tournament championship game
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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1981 | Bloomsburg State | 72–63 | Indiana State (PA) |
1982 | Cheyney State | 68–50 | Bloomsburg State |
1983 | Cheyney | 63–55 | Bloomsburg |
1984 | Mansfield | 61–54 | Bloomsburg |
1985 | California (PA) | 81–79 | Millersville |
1986 | Cheyney | 90–67 | Edinboro |
1987 | Millersville | 100–94 | California (PA) |
1988 | California (PA) | 73–64 | Kutztown |
1989 | Millersville | 89–85 | Bloomsburg |
1990 | East Stroudsburg | 76–75 (OT) | Millersville |
1991 | Shippensburg | 76–75 (2OT) | Slippery Rock |
1992 | California (PA) | 92–76 | Edinboro |
1993 | Millersville | 97–84 | California (PA) |
1994 | California (PA) | 78–76 | Indiana (PA) |
1995 | Indiana (PA) | 87–69 | California (PA) |
1996 | California (PA) | 87–84 | Indiana (PA) |
1997 | Mansfield | 94–80 | Clarion |
1998 | Edinboro | 81–77 | West Chester |
1999 | California (PA) | 75–64 | Bloomsburg |
2000 | Indiana (PA) | 63–50 | Slippery Rock |
2001 | Clarion | 80–77 (OT) | West Chester |
2002 | Indiana (PA) | 71–68 | California (PA) |
2003 | Millersville | 79–74 | California (PA) |
2004 | Indiana (PA) | 83–74 | Kutztown |
2005 | Edinboro | 85–76 | Millersville |
2006 | Edinboro | 52–51 | Shippensburg |
2007 | Millersville | 79–68 | Cheyney |
2008 | California (PA) | 73–65 | Edinboro |
2009 | Gannon | 80–65 | Kutztown |
2010 | Indiana (PA) | 84–73 | Kutztown |
2011 | Indiana (PA) | 82–75 | Slippery Rock |
2012 | East Stroudsburg | 90–85 | West Chester |
2013 | Indiana (PA) | 52–46 | Slippery Rock |
2014 | East Stroudsburg | 92–80 | West Chester |
2015 | Gannon | 69–66 | Indiana (PA) |
2016 | Mercyhurst | 70–67 | West Chester |
2017 | Shippensburg | 73–63 | Kutztown |
2018 | East Stroudsburg | 89–67 | Gannon |
2019 | Indiana (PA) | 56-49 | Mercyhurst |
2020 | Indiana (PA) | 77–59 | Shippensburg |
Championship records
School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
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Cheyney | 15–3 | 18 | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986 |
Indiana (PA) | 11–5 | 16 | 1960, 1974, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 |
Millersville | 10–4 | 9 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2007 |
California (PA) | 8–6 | 14 | 1970, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2008 |
Mansfield | 6–1 | 4 | 1961, 1962, 1964, 1975, 1984, 1997 |
East Stroudsburg | 4–0 | 4 | 1990, 2012, 2014 |
Edinboro | 4–9 | 13 | 1968, 1998, 2005, 2006 |
Bloomsburg | 2–6 | 7 | 1953, 1981 |
Gannon | 2–1 | 3 | 2009, 2015 |
Shippensburg | 2–1 | 3 | 1991, 2017 |
Lock Haven | 2–0 | 0 | 1951, 1952 |
Clarion | 1–6 | 7 | 2001 |
Mercyhurst | 1–0 | 1 | 2016 |
Slippery Rock | 1–7 | 8 | 1963 |
West Chester | 1–5 | 5 | 1959 |
Kutztown | 0–5 | 5 | |
Pitt–Johnstown | 0–0 | 0 | |
Seton Hill | 0–0 | 0 |
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
- Shepherd have not yet reached the PSAC tournament finals.
References
- ^ "PSAC Men's Basketball Tournament History". MEN'S BASKETBALL. PSAC. 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.