Great American Conference women's basketball tournament

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

Great American Conferencee women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceGreat American Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2012–present
Current championHenderson State (1st)
Most championshipsSouthwestern Oklahoma State (4)
Official websiteGAC women's basketball
Host stadiums
FireLake Arena (2022–2023)
Sawyer Center (2021)
Bruin Fieldhouse (2012–2020)
Host locations
Shawnee, OK (2022–2023)
Bethany, OK (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 women's basketball tournament.

Southwestern Oklahoma State has won the most tournaments with four.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up MVP Venue
2012 Southwestern Oklahoma State 69–58 Harding Darcie Dick,
Southwestern Oklahoma State
Bruin Fieldhouse
(Bartlesville, OK)
2013 Arkansas Tech 70–66
(OT)
Southwestern Oklahoma State Jessica Weatherford,
Arkansas Tech
2014 Southwestern Oklahoma State (2) 78–74 Harding Michelle Fisher,
Southwestern Oklahoma State
2015 Harding 68–50 Arkansas Tech Sydney Layrock,
Harding
2016 Arkansas Tech (2) 106–85 Southwestern Oklahoma State Fatima Adams,
Arkansas Tech
2017 Harding (2) 75–73 Arkansas Tech Sydnie Jones,
Harding
2018 Arkansas Tech (3) 63–62 Harding Cheyenne North,
Arkansas Tech
2019 Southwestern Oklahoma State (3) 87–66 Arkansas Tech Bethany Franks,
Southwestern Oklahoma State
2020 Southeastern Oklahoma State 71–52 Arkansas–Monticello Kamryn Cantwell,
Southeastern Oklahoma State
2021 Southern Nazarene 58–56 Southeastern Oklahoma State Cassandra Awatt,
Southern Nazarene
Sawyer Center
(Bethany, OK)
2022 Southwestern Oklahoma State (4) 89–68 Arkansas Tech Makyra Tramble,
Southwestern Oklahoma State
FireLake Arena
(Shawnee, OK)
2023 Southern Nazarene (2) 57–46 Harding Hannah Giddey,
Southern Nazarene
2024 Henderson State 71–55 Southwestern Oklahoma State Ashley Farrar,
Henderson State

Championship records

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School Finals
Appearances
Finals
Record
Years
Southwestern Oklahoma State 7 4–3 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022
Arkansas Tech 7 3–4 2013, 2016, 2018
Harding 6 2–4 2015, 2017
Southern Nazarene 2 2–0 2021, 2023
Southeastern Oklahoma State 2 1–1 2020
Henderson State 1 1–0 2024
Arkansas–Monticello 1 0–1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY" (PDF). History. Great American Conference. 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.