Southern Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

Southern Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceSouthern Athletic Association
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2013–present
Current championBerry (4th)
Most championshipsBerry (4)
Official websiteSAA men's basketball

The Southern Athletic Association men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Southern Athletic Association. The tournament has been held annually since 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

The winner receives the SAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
2013 Centre (KY) 46–44 Birmingham–Southern Danville, KY
2014 Centre (KY) 72–62OT Oglethorpe Danville, KY
2015 Rhodes 73–54 Birmingham–Southern Memphis, TN
2016 Birmingham–Southern 68–50 Sewanee Birmingham, AL
2017 Rhodes 98–95 Birmingham–Southern Memphis, TN
2018 Berry 88–78 Hendrix Danville, KY
2019 Sewanee 62–59 Centre Danville, KY
2020 Centre (KY) 72–69 Berry Danville, KY
2021 Berry 72–58 Oglethorpe Mount Berry, GA
2022 Berry 63–62 Oglethorpe Mount Berry, GA
2023 Sewanee 86–82 Berry Mount Berry, GA
2024 Berry 74–57 Rhodes Mount Berry, GA

Championship records

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Berry 4–1 5 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024
Centre (KY) 3–1 4 2013, 2014, 2020
Rhodes 2–1 3 2015, 2017
Birmingham–Southern 1–3 4 2016
Sewanee 2–1 3 2019, 2023
Oglethorpe 0–3 3
Hendrix 0–1 1
  • Millsaps has not yet qualified for the SAA tournament final.
  • The SAA has had no membership changes since it began play in 2012–13.

References

  1. ^ "SAA Men's basketball Archive". Year-by-year records. SAA. 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.