Great American Conference men's basketball tournament

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

Great American Conferencee men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceGreat American Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2012–present
Current championArkansas Tech (3rd)
Most championshipsArkansas Tech (3)
Official websiteGAC 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 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

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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

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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

See also

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References

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