Great American Conference men's basketball tournament

Great American Conferencee men'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	Arkansas Tech (3rd)
Most championships	Arkansas Tech (3)
Official website	GAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
FireLake Arena (2022–2023) Steelman Field House (2021) Bruin Fieldhouse (2012–2020)
Host locations
Shawnee, OK (2022–2023) Monticello, AR (2021) Bartlesville, OK (2012–2020)

The Great American Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.

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 men's basketball tournament.

Arkansas Tech have won the most tournaments, with three.

Results

Year	Champions	Score	Runner-up	MVP	Venue
2012	Arkansas Tech	69–58	Southwestern Oklahoma State	Jared Williamson, Arkansas Tech	Bruin Fieldhouse (Bartlesville, OK)
2013	Ouachita Baptist	59–54	Arkansas Tech	Colt Fason, Ouachita Baptist
2014	Harding	93–86 (OT)	Henderson State	Weston Jameson, Harding
2015	Arkansas Tech (2)	80–77	East Central	Mike Balogun, Arkansas Tech
2016	Ouachita Baptist (2)	72–56	Harding	Tirrell Brown, Ouachita Baptist
2017	East Central	82–67	Arkansas–Monticello	Braxton Reeves, East Central
2018	Southern Nazarene	62–57	Arkansas–Monticello	Jhonathan Dunn, Southern Nazarene
2019	Southern Nazarene (2)	80–77	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Micah Speight, Southern Nazarene
2020	Henderson State	72–61	Oklahoma Baptist	Chris Parker, Henderson State
2021	Arkansas–Monticello	75–74	Southern Arkansas	DaJuan Jones, Arkansas–Monticello	Steelman Field House (Monticello, AR)
2022	Southwestern Oklahoma State	66–58	Southern Nazarene	Damion Thornton, Southwestern Oklahoma State	FireLake Arena (Shawnee, OK)
2023	Southern Arkansas	89–69	Arkansas Tech	Brock Schreiner, Southern Arkansas
2024	Arkansas Tech	72–57	Southern Nazarene	Cassius Brooks, Arkansas Tech

Championship records

School	Finals Appearances	Finals Record	Years
Arkansas Tech	5	3–2	2012, 2015, 2024
Southern Nazarene	4	2–2	2018, 2019
Ouachita Baptist	3	2–1	2013, 2016
Arkansas–Monticello	3	1–2	2021
Southern Arkansas	2	1–1	2023
Southwestern Oklahoma State	2	1–1	2022
Henderson State	2	1–1	2020
East Central	2	1–1	2017
Harding	2	1–1	2014
Oklahoma Baptist	1	0–1
Southeastern Oklahoma State	1	0–1

• Northwestern Oklahoma State has not yet reached the tournament final.

See also

• Great American Conference women's basketball tournament
• NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament

References

1. "GAC MEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY". History. Great American Conference. 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.