The MIAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
MIAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Number of teams | 6 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current champion | Gustavus Adolphus (4th) |
Official website | MIAC men's basketball |
Host stadiums | |
Campus arenas (2001–present) | |
Host locations | |
Campus sites (2001–present) |
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the MIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results
edit- Record incomplete prior to 2001
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
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2001 | Saint John's | 92–80 | Gustavus Adolphus | Collegeville, MN |
2002 | St. Thomas | 73–61 | Bethel | St. Paul, MN |
2003 | Gustavus Adolphus | 62–36 | St. Thomas | St. Paul, MN |
2004 | Gustavus Adolphus | 75–69 | Macalester | St. Peter, MN |
2005 | Gustavus Adolphus | 68–58 | St. Thomas | St. Peter, MN |
2006 | St. Thomas | 54–47 | Carleton | St. Paul, MN |
2007 | St. Thomas | 75–49 | Saint John's | St. Paul, MN |
2008 | St. Thomas | 76–73 | Gustavus Adolphus | St. Paul, MN |
2009 | St. Thomas | 68–51 | Bethel | St. Paul, MN |
2010 | Carleton | 78–71 (OT) | Gustavus Adolphus | St. Peter, MN |
2011 | St. Thomas | 83–77 | Gustavus Adolphus | St. Paul, MN |
2012 | St. Thomas | 66–62 (OT) | Gustavus Adolphus | St. Paul, MN |
2013 | St. Thomas | 92–65 | Augsburg | St. Paul, MN |
2014 | St. Olaf | 63–54 | St. Thomas | St. Paul, MN |
2015 | St. Thomas | 66–63 | Bethel | St. Paul, MN |
2016 | St. Olaf | 72–66 | St. Thomas | St. Paul, MN |
2017 | Bethel | 79–75 | Saint John's | Arden Hills, MN |
2018 | Augsburg | 81–69 | Bethel | Arden Hills, MN |
2019 | Saint John's | 82–79 | Augsburg | Collegeville, MN |
2020 | Saint John's | 82–63 | St. Thomas | Collegeville, MN |
2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Saint John's | 75–71 | Macalester | Collegeville, MN |
2023 | Carleton | 86–76 | Saint John's | Northfield, MN |
2024 | Gustavus Adolphus | 85–80 | Bethel (MN) | St. Peter, MN |
Championship records
editResults are incomplete before 2001. Schools that are no longer MIAC members, as of the next college basketball season in 2021–22, are highlighted in pink.
School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
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St. Thomas | 9–5 | 14 | 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
Gustavus Adolphus | 4–5 | 9 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2024 |
Saint John's | 4–3 | 7 | 2001, 2019, 2020, 2022 |
Carleton | 2–1 | 3 | 2010, 2023 |
St. Olaf | 2–0 | 2 | 2014, 2016 |
Bethel | 1–5 | 9 | 2017 |
Augsburg | 1–2 | 1 | 2018 |
Macalester | 0–2 | 2 |
- Concordia Moorhead, Hamline, Saint Mary's, and St. Scholastica have not yet qualified for the tournament finals.
- Teams highlighted in pink are former MIAC members
References
edit- ^ "MIAC Men's Basketball Archives". Web archives. MIAC. 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.