Northern Sun women's basketball tournament

The Northern Sun women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2000. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

Northern Sun women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumSanford Pentagon
Current locationSioux Falls, SD
Played2000–present
Current championMinnesota State (1st)
Most championshipsMinnesota–Duluth (8)
Official websiteNSIC Women's Basketball

The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up MVP Venue
2000 Minnesota–Duluth 83–57 Southwest State Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2001 Minnesota–Duluth 53–49 Southwest State Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2002 Southwest State 63–48 Minnesota–Duluth Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2003 Minnesota–Duluth 68–60 Minnesota–Crookston Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2004 Minnesota–Duluth 58–57 Concordia-St. Paul Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2005 Concordia-St. Paul 86–78 Minnesota State Moorhead Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse (Moorhead, MN)
2006 Wayne State 59–54 Northern State Rice Auditorium (Wayne, NE)
2007 Concordia-St. Paul 85–77 Minnesota State Moorhead Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2008 Concordia-St. Paul 70–65 Wayne State Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2009 St. Cloud State 53–41 Concordia-St. Paul McCown Gymnasium (Winona, MN)
2010 Wayne State 77–67 Minnesota–Duluth Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2011 Winona State 63–61 Concordia-St. Paul Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2012 Wayne State 62–59 Augustana (SD) Ashley Arlen, Wayne State Taylor Arena (Rochester, MN)
2013 Augustana (SD) 81–73 Minnesota State Emily Schulte, Augustana (SD) Taylor Arena (Rochester, MN)
2014 Concordia-St. Paul 54–36 Northern State Rachel Hansen, Concordia-St. Paul Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2015 Northern State 61–45 Wayne State Rachel Krogman, Northern State Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2016 Sioux Falls 75–57 Augustana (SD) Taylor Varsho, Sioux Falls Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2017 Northern State 55–52 Sioux Falls Jill Conrad, Northern State Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2018 Augustana (SD) 64–45 Winona State Logan O’Farrell, Augustana (SD) Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2019 Minnesota–Duluth 52–48 Minnesota State Moorhead Sarah Grow, Minnesota-Duluth Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2020 St. Cloud State 71–62 Minnesota–Duluth Nikki Kilboten, St. Cloud Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2021 Minnesota–Duluth 67–55 St. Cloud State Brooke Olson, Minnesota-Duluth Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2022 Minnesota–Duluth 62–39 St. Cloud State Brooke Olson, Minnesota-Duluth Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2023 Minnesota–Duluth 80–74 Minnesota State Brooke Olson, Minnesota–Duluth Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2024 Minnesota State 89–74 Mary (ND) Joey Batt, Minnesota State Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)

Championship appearances by school

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School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Minnesota–Duluth 8–3 11 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Concordia–St. Paul 4–3 7 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014
Wayne State 3–2 5 2006, 2010, 2012
Augustana 2–2 4 2013, 2018
Northern State 2–2 4 2015, 2017
St. Cloud State 2–2 4 2009, 2020
Minnesota State 1–2 3 2024
Southwest Minnesota State 1–2 3 2002
Sioux Falls 1–1 2 2016
Winona State 1–1 2 2011
Minnesota State–Moorhead 0–3 3
Mary (ND) 0–1 1
Minnesota–Crookston 0–1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Northern Sun Women's Basketball Tournament History". Year-by-year records. NSIC. 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.