The Great American Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
| Great American Conferencee women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Great American Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 2012–present |
| Current champion | Henderson State (1st) |
| Most championships | Southwestern Oklahoma State (4) |
| Official website | GAC women's basketball |
| Host stadiums | |
| FireLake Arena (2022–2023) Sawyer Center (2021) Bruin Fieldhouse (2012–2020) | |
| Host locations | |
| Shawnee, OK (2022–2023) Bethany, OK (2021) Bartlesville, OK (2012–2020) | |
The tournament has been held annually since 2012, one year after the conference was initially founded. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Southwestern Oklahoma State has won the most tournaments with four.
Results
edit| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 69–58 | Harding | Darcie Dick, Southwestern Oklahoma State |
Bruin Fieldhouse (Bartlesville, OK) |
| 2013 | Arkansas Tech | 70–66 (OT) |
Southwestern Oklahoma State | Jessica Weatherford, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2014 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (2) | 78–74 | Harding | Michelle Fisher, Southwestern Oklahoma State | |
| 2015 | Harding | 68–50 | Arkansas Tech | Sydney Layrock, Harding | |
| 2016 | Arkansas Tech (2) | 106–85 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Fatima Adams, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2017 | Harding (2) | 75–73 | Arkansas Tech | Sydnie Jones, Harding | |
| 2018 | Arkansas Tech (3) | 63–62 | Harding | Cheyenne North, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2019 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (3) | 87–66 | Arkansas Tech | Bethany Franks, Southwestern Oklahoma State | |
| 2020 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | 71–52 | Arkansas–Monticello | Kamryn Cantwell, Southeastern Oklahoma State | |
| 2021 | Southern Nazarene | 58–56 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | Cassandra Awatt, Southern Nazarene |
Sawyer Center (Bethany, OK) |
| 2022 | Southwestern Oklahoma State (4) | 89–68 | Arkansas Tech | Makyra Tramble, Southwestern Oklahoma State |
FireLake Arena (Shawnee, OK) |
| 2023 | Southern Nazarene (2) | 57–46 | Harding | Hannah Giddey, Southern Nazarene | |
| 2024 | Henderson State | 71–55 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Ashley Farrar, Henderson State |
Championship records
edit| School | Finals Appearances |
Finals Record |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Oklahoma State | 7 | 4–3 | 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022 |
| Arkansas Tech | 7 | 3–4 | 2013, 2016, 2018 |
| Harding | 6 | 2–4 | 2015, 2017 |
| Southern Nazarene | 2 | 2–0 | 2021, 2023 |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State | 2 | 1–1 | 2020 |
| Henderson State | 1 | 1–0 | 2024 |
| Arkansas–Monticello | 1 | 0–1 |
- East Central, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist, and Southern Arkansas have not yet reached the tournament final.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "GAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY" (PDF). History. Great American Conference. 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.