CIAA women's basketball tournament

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The tournament has been held annually since 1975. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1975–present
Current championFayetteville State (5th)
Most championshipsShaw (11)
Official websiteCIAA women's basketball

The winner receives the CIAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.[1]

Shaw have been the most successful team at the CIAA tournament, with eleven championships.

Results

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Year Champions
1975 Norfolk State (1)
1976 Shaw (1)
1977 Norfolk State (2)
1978 St. Augustine's (1)
1979 Fayetteville State (1)
1980 Virginia State (1)
1981 Virginia State (2)
1982 Virginia Union (1)
1983 Norfolk State (3)
1984 North Carolina Central (1)
1985 Hampton (1)
1986 Norfolk State (4)
1987 Hampton (2)
1988 Virginia State (3)
1989 Shaw (2)
1990 Virginia State (4)
1991 Norfolk State (5)
1992 Norfolk State (6)
1993 Norfolk State (7)
1994 Hampton (3)
1995 Norfolk State (8)
1996 Norfolk State (9)
1997 Bowie State (1)
1998 Bowie State (2)
1999 Bowie State (3)
2000 Livingstone (1)
2001 Fayetteville State (2)
2002 Virginia State (5)
2003 Shaw (3)
2004 Shaw (4)
2005 Shaw (5)
2006 Shaw (6)
2007 North Carolina Central (2)
2008 Shaw (7)
2009 Johnson C. Smith (1)
2010 Fayetteville State (3)
2011 Shaw (8)
2012 Shaw (9)
2013 Shaw (10)
2014 Shaw (11)
2015 Virginia State (6)
2016 Virginia Union (2)
2017 Johnson C. Smith (2)
2018 Virginia Union (3)
2019 Virginia Union (4)
2020 Fayetteville State (4)
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Lincoln (PA) (1)
2023 Elizabeth City State (1)
2024 Fayetteville State (5)

Championship records

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School Titles Years
Shaw 11 1976, 1989, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Norfolk State 9 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
Virginia State 6 1980, 1981, 1988, 1990, 2002, 2015
Fayetteville State 5 1979, 2001, 2010, 2020, 2024
Virginia Union 4 1982, 2016, 2018, 2019
Bowie State 3 1997, 1998, 1999
Hampton 3 1985, 1987, 1994
North Carolina Central 2 1984, 2007
Johnson C. Smith 2 2009, 2017
Elizabeth City State 1 2023
Lincoln (PA) 1 2022
Livingstone 1 2000
St. Augustine's 1 1978

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time CIAA Women's Basketball Champions". theciaa.com. CIAA. Retrieved 6 March 2023.