Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament

The Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women'sbasketball championship tournament for the Mountain East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the MEC's establishment in 2013, with the first tournament taking place in 2014. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMountain East Conference
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumWesBanco Arena
Current locationWheeling, WV
Played2014–present
Current championFairmont State (1st)
Most championshipsGlenville State (5)
Official websiteMEC women's basketball
Host stadiums
WesBanco Arena (2019-present)
Charleston Civic Center (2014–2018)
Host locations
Wheeling, WV (2019-present)
Charleston, WV(2014–2018)

From 2014 to 2018, the tournament was hosted by the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Following several years of low attendance, the league announce it would move the event to the Wheeling Civic Center in Wheeling.

The winner receives the MEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
2014 Glenville State 74–50 Charleston (WV) Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2015 West Liberty 76–55 Notre Dame (OH) Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2016 Wheeling Jesuit 70–66 West Liberty Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2017 Wheeling Jesuit 80–61 Fairmont State Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2018 Glenville State 81–77 Notre Dame (OH) Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2019 Glenville State 78–69 Charleston (WV) WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2020 Glenville State 80–75 Notre Dame (OH) WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2021 Charleston 87–80 Glenville State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2022 Charleston 80–77 Glenville State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2023 Glenville State 76–59 Charleston WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2024 Fairmont State 81–67 West Virginia State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)

Championship records

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School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Glenville State 5–2 7 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
Charleston 2–3 5 2021, 2022
Wheeling
(Wheeling Jesuit)
2–0 2 2016, 2017
Fairmont State 1–1 2 2024
West Liberty 1–1 2 2015
Notre Dame (OH) 0–3 3
West Virginia State 0–1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MEC Women's Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). Year-by-year records. Mountain East Conference. 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.