Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (defunct)
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceColonial States Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1994–2023
Most championshipsCabrini (13)
Official websiteCSAC men's basketball

The Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Colonial States Athletic Conference. The tournament was held annually from 1994 to 2023, when the CSAC completed its merger into the United East Conference. All CSAC members at the time of the merger therefore became eligible for future iterations of the United East Men's Basketball Championship.

The tournament was single-elimination with seeding based on regular season records.[1]

Prior to 2008, when the CSAC was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, the event was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.

The winner, declared conference champion, received the CSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

Pennsylvania Athletic Conference

Year Champions Score Runner-up
1994 Cabrini 114–79 Beaver
1995 Cabrini 85–74 Beaver
1996 Cabrini 85–67 Allentown
1997 Cabrini 80–66 Alvernia
1998 Cabrini 81–70 Alvernia
1999 Gwynedd Mercy 84–74 Misericordia
2000 Alvernia 88–72 Misericordia
2001 Cabrini 73–71 Alvernia
2002 Cabrini 71–67[2] Neumann
2003 Alvernia 80–73 Neumann
2004 Gwynedd Mercy 83–62 Alvernia
2005 Gwynedd Mercy 81–63 Alvernia
2006 Alvernia 66–63 Wesley
2007 Alvernia 70–55 Immaculata

Colonial States Athletic Conference

Year Champions Score Runner-up
2008 Immaculata 85–68 Gwynedd Mercy
2009 Gwynedd Mercy 108–96 Cabrini
2010 Cabrini 97–73 Neumann
2011 Cabrini 92–70 Gwynedd Mercy
2012 Cabrini 86–78 Keystone
2013 Cabrini 90–74 Keystone
2014 Cabrini 96–79 Neumann
2015 Neumann 93–92 (OT) Cabrini
2016 Gwynedd Mercy 84–70 Neumann
2017 Neumann 77–53 Gwynedd Mercy
2018 Cabrini 89–76 Neumann
2019 Rosemont 100–97 Cairn
2020 Cairn 113–105 Centenary (NJ)
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Wilson (PA) 77–72 Cairn
2023 Wilson (PA) 89–68 Keystone

Championship records

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Cabrini 13–2 15 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
Gwynedd Mercy 5–3 8 1999, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2016
Alvernia 4–5 9 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007
Wilson (PA) 2–0 2 2022, 2023
Neumann 1–5 6 2017
Cairn 1–2 3 2020
Immaculata 1–1 2 2008
Rosemont 1–0 1 2019
Keystone 0–3 3
Arcadia
(Beaver) 		0–2 2
Misericordia 0–2 2
Centenary (NJ) 0–1 1
DeSales
(Allentown) 		0–1 1
Wesley (DE) 0–1 1
  • Schools highlighted in pink departed the CSAC before it merged with the United East in 2023.
  • Among the CSAC teams during its final season, Bryn Athyn, Clarks Summit, Saint Elizabeth, and Valley Forge never qualified for the tournament finals.
  • Among the teams that departed the CSAC before its final season, Eastern and Marywood never reached the finals.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Archives". CSAC. 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "D3hoops.com: 2002 men's conference tournaments". Pat Coleman. 2002. Archived from the original on March 6, 2002. Retrieved April 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)