Middle Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournaments

Middle Atlantic Conferences men's basketball tournaments
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conferences
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1947–present
Current championCommonwealth: Eastern (1st)
Freedom: Stevens (3rd)
Most championshipsScranton (16)
Official websiteMAC men's basketball

The Middle Atlantic Conferences men's basketball tournaments are the annual conference basketball championship tournaments for the NCAA Division III Middle Atlantic Conferences: the MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom.

The MAC has held a tournament more or less every year since 1947, although the current two-conference format has only been played since 2001. They are each a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

The winners, each declared champion of their respective conference, receives one of the MAC's two automatic bids to the NCAA men's Division III basketball championship.

College Division/Division III results

Middle Atlantic Conference (1947–49)

Year Champions Score Runner-Up
1947 Muhlenberg 45–41 La Salle
1948 Muhlenberg 63–52 Moravian
1949 Albright 64–51 Gettysburg
  • No tournament held between 1950 and 1957

MAC College Division (1958–66)

Year Champions Score Runner-Up
1958 Wagner 70–64 Franklin & Marshall
1959 Hofstra 70–64 Drexel
1960 Drexel 70–53 Wagner
1961 Albright 45–44 Hofstra
1962 Hofstra 72–47 Albright
1963 Hofstra 65–50 Susquehanna
1964 Elizabethtown 59–52 Drexel
1965 Albright 70–56 Dickinson
1966 Albright 58–45 Drexel
  • No tournament held in 1967

Middle Atlantic Conference (1994–2000)

Year Champions Score Runner-Up
1994 Lebanon Valley 79–60 Upsala
1995 Lebanon Valley 61–56 Wilkes
1996 Wilkes 71–49 Susquehanna
1997 Widener 61–59 Lebanon Valley
1998 Wilkes 83–75 Scranton
1999 Wilkes 66–51 Lebanon Valley
2000 Widener 81–71 Scranton

Championship records

College Division/Division III

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Scranton 16–8 24 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2006
Widener
(Pennsylvania Military) 		15–11 26 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2023
Franklin & Marshall 10–3 13 1975, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
Albright 9–8 17 1949, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 2005, 2010, 2021
Lycoming 6–5 11 2002, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Lebanon Valley 5–5 10 1971, 1973, 1994, 1995, 2018
Elizabethtown 5–1 6 1964, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2004
Muhlenberg 5–2 7 1947, 1948, 1968, 1969, 1970
DeSales 4–12 16 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019
Wilkes 4–6 10 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001
King's (PA) 4–3 7 1990, 2005, 2007, 2008
Misericordia 4–2 6 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
Alvernia 4–1 5 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Jefferson
(Philadelphia Textile) 		4–0 4 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Susquehanna 3–5 8 1986, 1989, 1992
Delaware Valley 3–1 4 2011, 2013, 2016
Hofstra 3–1 4 1959, 1962, 1963
Stevens 3–0 3 2020, 2022, 2024
Johns Hopkins 2–3 5 1974, 1991
Arcadia 2–1 3 2019, 2023
Wagner 2–1 3 1958, 1968
Messiah 2–0 2 2006, 2012
Dickinson 1–3 4 1980
Drexel 1–3 4 1960
Eastern 1–2 2 2024
Hood 1–0 1 2022
Upsala 0–4 4
FDU–Florham 0–3 3
Ursinus 0–3 3
Gettysburg 0–2 2
Haverford 0–2 2
Juniata 0–2 2
Moravian 0–2 2
Stevenson 0–2 2
La Salle 0–1 1
Manhattanville 0–1 1
Swarthmore 0–1 1
Washington (MD) 0–1 1
  • York (PA) have yet to advance to the MAC tournament finals.
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the MAC as of the next NCAA basketball season in 2024–25.

References

  1. ^ "MAC MEN's BASKETBALL Conference Champions" (PDF). MAC. 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.