SLIAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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]

SLIAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceSt. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1991–1999, 2005–present
Current championWebster (3rd)
Most championshipsWestminster
Fontbonne (5)
Official websiteSLIAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus gyms (1991–1999, 2005–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (1991–1999, 2005–present)

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

Championship records

School Finals
Record
Finals
Appearances
Years
Westminster 5–5 10 1995, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Fontbonne 5–2 7 1994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009
Blackburn 3–3 6 1991, 1992, 2005
Webster 3–2 5 2011, 2014, 2020
MacMurray 2–4 6 1993, 1999
Maryville 2–2 4 1997, 2006
Spalding 2–2 4 2013, 2015
Greenville 2–2 4 1998, 2018
Eureka 1–3 4 2019
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the SLIAC
  • Iowa Wesleyan and Principia have not yet qualified for the tournament finals
  • 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.
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