CUNYAC men's basketball tournament

The CUNYAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III City University of New York Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1966. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

CUNYAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceCity University of New York Athletic Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1966–present
Current championBaruch (6th)
Most championshipsStaten Island (15)
Official websiteCUNYAC men's basketball
Host locations
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The winner, declared CUNYAC conference champion, receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Staten Island, with 15 titles, are the most successful program in tournament history.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up
1966 CCNY 63–54 Queens
1967 CCNY 85–62 Hunter
1968 CCNY 80–67 Queens
1969 Queens 70–69 CCNY
1970 Hunter 70–54 Queens
1971 CCNY 81–73 Queens
1972 CCNY 69–61 Hunter
1973 Brooklyn 69–64 CCNY
1974 Lehman 60–58 Medgar Evers
1975 Lehman 54–51 CCNY
1976 CCNY 61–57 York
1977 CCNY 69–66 Hunter
1978 CCNY 64–58 Brooklyn
1979 Staten Island 92–78 Queens
1980 CCNY 73–59 Queens
1981 Staten Island 83–72 Queens
1982 Staten Island 83–77 Baruch
1983 Staten Island 74–56 John Jay
1984 Lehman 70–61 Staten Island
1985 Staten Island 60–55 Lehman
1986 Staten Island 78–75 CCNY
1987 Lehman 89–70 Staten Island
1988 Staten Island 72–69 Hunter
1989 Staten Island 55–48 Lehman
1990 Hunter 103–80 Medgar Evers
1991 Medgar Evers 101–92 Hunter
1992 Hunter 80–70 CCNY
1993 Hunter 104–73 Medgar Evers
1994 Hunter 96–68 Baruch
1995 Hunter 75–67 York
1996 Staten Island 66–62 York
1997 York 76–69 Lehman
1998 Hunter 76–55 York
1999 Staten Island 61–53 York
2000 Baruch 52–50 York
2001 CCNY 77–69 Staten Island
2002 Staten Island 59–57 Medgar Evers
2003 CCNY 84–79 Baruch
2004 Lehman 75–69 City Tech
2005 City Tech 76–66 Staten Island
2006 York 72–62 Baruch
2007 York 56–54 Staten Island
2008 John Jay 68–54 York
2009 Brooklyn 89–69 Baruch
2010 Brooklyn 79–68 York
2011 Medgar Evers 62–56 Staten Island
2012 Staten Island 82–81 Medgar Evers
2013 Staten Island 80–74 John Jay
2014 York 87–84 Staten Island
2015 Baruch 90–83 (2OT) Brooklyn
2016 Brooklyn 76–67 Baruch
2017 Staten Island 77–66 CCNY
2018 Staten Island 77–75 Lehman
2019 Baruch 76–74 Staten Island
2020 Brooklyn 62–55 Baruch
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Baruch 75–69 (OT) Lehman
2023 Baruch 83–82 (OT) Lehman
2024 Baruch 73–71 Lehman

Championship records

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School Finals
record
Finals
appearances
Years
Staten Island 15–8 23 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
CCNY 11–6 17 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 2001, 2003
Hunter 7–5 12 1970, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
Baruch 6–7 13 2000, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Lehman 5–6 12 1974, 1975, 1984, 1987, 2004
Brooklyn 5–2 7 1973, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2020
York 4–8 12 1997, 2006, 2007, 2014
Medgar Evers 2–5 7 1991, 2011
Queens 1–7 8 1969
John Jay 1–2 3 2008
City Tech 1–1 2 2005
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the CUNYAC

References

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  1. ^ "All-Time CUNYAC History". CUNYAC. 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.