SLIAC men's basketball tournament

SLIAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Number of teams	6
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Played	1991–1999, 2005–present
Current champion	Fontbonne (7th)
Most championships	Fontbonne (7)
Official website	SLIAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus gyms (1991–1999, 2005–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (1991–1999, 2005–present)

The SLIAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the SLIAC started play in 1991, with a five-year hiatus between 2000 and 2004. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.^[1]

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the SLIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

Year	Champions	Score	Runner-up
1991	Blackburn	68–48	Westminster
1992	Blackburn	73–62	MacMurray
1993	MacMurray	81–76	Westminster
1994	Fontbonne	94–80	Blackburn
1995	Westminster	82–72	MacMurray
1996	Fontbonne	72–67	MacMurray
1997	Maryville	79–75 (OT)	Blackburn
1998	Greenville	80–79	Fontbonne
1999	MacMurray	71–69	Maryville
2000– 2004	Not held
2005	Blackburn	65–52	Webster
2006	Maryville	90–65	Westminster
2007	Fontbonne	88–79 (OT)	Eureka
2008	Fontbonne	73–72	Maryville
2009	Fontbonne	87–82	Westminster
2010	Westminster	74–67	Eureka
2011	Webster	64–47	Westminster
2012	Westminster	58–56	MacMurray
2013	Spalding	64–62 (OT)	Eureka
2014	Webster	55–41	Spalding
2015	Spalding	58–51	Fontbonne
2016	Westminster	61–59	Spalding
2017	Westminster	128–121	Greenville
2018	Greenville	126–119	Blackburn
2019	Eureka	70–69	Webster
2020	Webster	121–112	Greenville
2021	Blackburn	77–69	Fontbonne
2022	Blackburn	76–56	Webster
2023	Fontbonne	55–49	Webster
2024	Fontbonne	80–48	Spalding

Championship records

School	Finals record	Finals appearances	Years
Fontbonne	7–3	10	1994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2023, 2024
Westminster	5–5	10	1995, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Blackburn	5–3	8	1991, 1992, 2005, 2021, 2022
Webster	3–4	7	2011, 2014, 2020
MacMurray	2–4	6	1993, 1999
Spalding	2–3	5	2013, 2015
Maryville	2–2	4	1997, 2006
Greenville	2–2	4	1998, 2018
Eureka	1–3	4	2019

• Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the SLIAC
• Lyon, Mississippi Women, and Principia have not yet qualified for the tournament finals
• Iowa Wesleyan, Parks, and Lincoln Christian never qualified for the tournament finals as conference members

References

1. "SLIAC Men's Basketball Archives". SLIAC. 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.