# NCAC men's basketball tournament

The NCAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III North Coast Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1985. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the NCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
With sixteen titles, Wooster are the most successful team.

## Results

| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
| 1985 | Ohio Wesleyan | 65–59 | Allegheny | Delaware, OH |
| 1986 | Ohio Wesleyan | 69–64 | Kenyon | Meadville, PA |
| 1987 | Allegheny | 96–94 | Ohio Wesleyan | Delaware, OH |
| 1988 | Ohio Wesleyan | 91–77 | Allegheny | Wooster, OH |
| 1989 | Allegheny | 56–54 | Wooster | Gambier, OH |
| 1990 | Wittenberg | 86–62 | Ohio Wesleyan | Granville, OH |
| 1991 | Wittenberg | 65–48 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 1992 | Wooster | 61–54 | Wittenberg | Wooster, OH |
| 1993 | Wooster | 64–48 | Kenyon | Delaware, OH |
| 1994 | Kenyon | 84–78 | Wittenberg | Delaware, OH |
| 1995 | Wooster | 71–67 | Wittenberg | Springfield, OH |
| 1996 | Wittenberg | 65–55 | Allegheny | Springfield, OH |
| 1997 | Wooster | 51–44 | Wittenberg | Wooster, OH |
| 1998 | Allegheny | 66–64 | Wooster | Springfield, OH |
| 1999 | Wooster | 89–69 | Allegheny | Wooster, OH |
| 2000 | Wooster | 114–91 | Wabash | Wooster, OH |
| 2001 | Wooster | 59–56 | Wittenberg | Springfield, OH |
| 2002 | Wittenberg | 58–57 | Wooster | Springfield, OH |
| 2003 | Wooster | 93–71 | Allegheny | Wooster, OH |
| 2004 | Wooster | 100–71 | Wittenberg | Springfield, OH |
| 2005 | Wittenberg | 61–59 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 2006 | Wittenberg | 71–69 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 2007 | Wooster | 86–51 | Ohio Wesleyan | Wooster, OH |
| 2008 | Ohio Wesleyan | 89–72 | Wabash | Wooster, OH |
| 2009 | Wooster | 84–72 | Wabash | Wooster, OH |
| 2010 | Wooster | 88–77 | Wittenberg | Wooster, OH |
| 2011 | Wooster | 82–68 | Wittenberg | Wooster, OH |
| 2012 | Wooster | 53–51 | Denison | Springfield, OH |
| 2013 | Ohio Wesleyan | 76–66 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 2014 | Wooster | 71–63 | Wittenberg | Wooster, OH |
| 2015 | DePauw | 69–56 | Wooster | Delaware, OH |
| 2016 | Denison | 92–81 (OT) | Wooster | Delaware, OH |
| 2017 | Wooster | 76–72 | Ohio Wesleyan | Delaware, OH |
| 2018 | Wittenberg | 82–70 (OT) | Ohio Wesleyan | Springfield, OH |
| 2019 | Wittenberg | 79–75 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 2020 | Wooster | 87–63 | Wittenberg | Springfield, OH |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Wabash | 85–84 (OT) | Wooster | Crawfordsville, IN |
| 2023 | Wabash | 81–80 | Wooster | Wooster, OH |
| 2024 | Wabash | 75–64 | Wooster | Crawfordsville, IN |
| 2025 | Denison | 79–68 | Wooster | Granville, OH |

## Championship records

| School | Finals record | Finals appearances | Years |
| Wooster | 16–14 | 30 | 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020 |
| Wittenberg | 8–10 | 18 | 1990, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2018, 2019 |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 5–5 | 10 | 1985, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2013 |
| Allegheny | 3–5 | 8 | 1987, 1989, 1998 |
| Wabash | 3–3 | 6 | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Denison | 2–1 | 3 | 2016, 2025 |
| Kenyon | 1–2 | 3 | 1994 |
| DePauw | 1–0 | 1 | 2015 |
* Schools highlighted in pink are former NCAC members.
* Oberlin have yet to advance to a tournament final.
* Case Western, Earlham, and Hiram never qualified for the tournament finals as conference members.