Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

The Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Ohio Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1960, one of the oldest in Division III. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records.[1]

Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1949, 1960–present
Current championJohn Carroll (6th)
Most championshipsWittenberg (14)
Official websiteOAC men's basketball

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the OAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up
1949 Akron 71–60 Kent State
1950–
1959
Not held
1960 Wittenberg 65–56 Akron
1961 Wittenberg 55–47 Akron
1962 Wittenberg 56–49 Akron
1963 Wittenberg 64–46 Akron
1964 Akron 52–51 Wittenberg
1965 Akron 83–71 Otterbein
1966 Akron 102–82 Otterbein
1967 Baldwin-Wallace 74–72 (OT) Otterbein
1968 Denison 73–72 Baldwin-Wallace
1969 Wittenberg 68–66 Baldwin-Wallace
1970 Oberlin 65–58 Wittenberg
1971 Capital 123–94 Mount Union
1972 Wittenberg 76–66 Kenyon
1973 Wooster 49–48 Wittenberg
1974 Wittenberg 62–48 Ohio Northern
1975 Wittenberg 67–65 Oberlin
1976 Oberlin 64–56 (OT) Wittenberg
1977 Muskingum 79–63 Wooster
1978 Otterbein 72–71 Wooster
1979 Wittenberg 52–50 Wooster
1980 Ohio Northern 83–71 Wittenberg
1981 Wittenberg 85–64 Baldwin-Wallace
1982 Wittenberg 77–68 Heidelberg
1983 Wittenberg 61–47 Capital
1984 Capital 69–59 Heidelberg
1985 Wittenberg 68–64 Otterbein
1986 Otterbein 100–86 Marietta
1987 Wittenberg 68–61 Otterbein
1988 Muskingum 46–45 Ohio Northern
1989 Otterbein 76–62 Wittenberg
1990 Muskingum 86–58 Otterbein
1991 Otterbein 70–68 Muskingum
1992 Otterbein 88–76 Baldwin-Wallace
1993 Otterbein 101–82 Heidelberg
1994 Otterbein 79–73 Heidelberg
1995 Ohio Northern 84–65 Heidelberg
1996 Baldwin-Wallace 60–59 Marietta
1997 Mount Union 71–56 Ohio Northern
1998 Baldwin-Wallace 83–80 Otterbein
1999 Ohio Northern 67–53 Otterbein
2000 Ohio Northern 78–69 Otterbein
2001 Ohio Northern 73–64 Muskingum
2002 Otterbein 69–67 Capital
2003 John Carroll 94–86 Capital
2004 John Carroll 76–74 Mount Union
2005 Baldwin-Wallace 82–77 John Carroll
2006 Baldwin-Wallace 91–85 (OT) Ohio Northern
2007 Capital 78–73 John Carroll
2008 Heidelberg 83–75 Capital
2009 John Carroll 90–87 Capital
2010 Wilmington (OH) 82–69 Heidelberg
2011 Marietta 88–85 John Carroll
2012 Capital 70–60 Wilmington (OH)
2013 Marietta 80–76 (OT) Mount Union
2014 Wilmington (OH) 69–63 John Carroll
2015 Mount Union 85–81 Marietta
2016 John Carroll 87–85 Marietta
2017 Marietta 83–74 Baldwin-Wallace
2018 John Carroll 94–77 Ohio Northern
2019 Baldwin-Wallace 79–75 Mount Union
2020 Mount Union 85-74 John Carroll
2021 Marietta 100–49 Ohio Northern
2022 Marietta 63–61 Mount Union
2023 Mount Union 95–80 Marietta
2024 John Carroll 88–86 Mount Union

Championship records

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School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Wittenberg 14–6 20 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987
Otterbein 8–9 17 1978, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002
Baldwin Wallace 6–5 11 1967, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2019
John Carroll 6–4 10 2003, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2024
Ohio Northern 5–6 11 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
Marietta 5–5 10 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2022
Mount Union 4–6 10 1997, 2015, 2020, 2023
Capital 4–5 9 1971, 1984, 2007, 2012
Akron 4–4 8 1949, 1964, 1965, 1966
Muskingum 3–2 5 1977, 1988, 1990
Wilmington (OH) 2–1 3 2010, 2014
Oberlin 2–1 3 1970, 1976
Heidelberg 1–6 7 2008
Wooster 1–3 4 1973
Denison 1–0 1 1968
Kent State 0–1 1
Kenyon 0–1 1

References

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  1. ^ "OAC Media Guide, History" (PDF). OAC. 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.