American Rivers Conference men's basketball tournament

American Rivers Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceAmerican Rivers Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current championLoras (3rd)
Official websiteARC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus arenas (1999–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (1999–present)

The American Rivers Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III American Rivers Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

The tournament was previously known as the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, changing its name with the league in 2018–19.

As conference champion, the winner receives the ARC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Buena Vista are the most successful team, with 7 titles.

Results

  • Record incomplete prior to 1999
Year Champions Score Runner-up
1999 Upper Iowa 81–79 Simpson
2000 Buena Vista 85–74 Coe
2001 Wartburg 89–79 Buena Vista
2002 Buena Vista 85–73 Wartburg
2003 Buena Vista 72–70 Wartburg
2004 Buena Vista 70–48 Wartburg
2005 Buena Vista 79–68 Wartburg
2006 Buena Vista 69–66 Coe
2007 Loras 77–62 Buena Vista
2008 Loras 77–69 Buena Vista
2009 Cornell 58–56 Wartburg
2010 Central 99–79 Buena Vista
2011 Luther 57–48 Dubuque
2012 Buena Vista 54–52 Coe
2013 Dubuque 73–60 Wartburg
2014 Central 74–70 Luther
2015 Dubuque 81–73 Wartburg
2016 Central 92–80 Wartburg
2017 Wartburg 89–85 Central
2018 Nebraska Wesleyan 82–78 Central
2019 Nebraska Wesleyan 97–79 Loras
2020 Nebraska Wesleyan 76–50 Coe
2021 Dubuque 78–64 Buena Vista
2022 Dubuque 71–52 Buena Vista
2023 Coe 93–86 Loras
2024 Loras 85–76 Nebraska Wesleyan

Championship records

  • Results incomplete before 1999
School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Buena Vista 7–6 13 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
Dubuque 4–1 5 2013, 2015, 2021, 2022
Loras 3–2 5 2007, 2008, 2024
Central 3–2 5 2010, 2014, 2016
Nebraska Wesleyan 3–1 4 2018, 2019, 2020
Wartburg 2–8 10 2001, 2017
Coe 1–4 5 2023
Luther 1–1 2 2011
Cornell 1–0 1 2009
Upper Iowa 1–0 1 1999
Simpson 0–1 1
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the ARC/IIAC

References

  1. ^ "Basketball - Conference tournament History". ARC. 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.