# Great Lakes Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was founded in 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament bracket has included as few as seven teams and as many as fifteen. The most common format has featured eight teams competing at the same predesignated neutral site as the GLVC men's basketball tournament. In 1998, 2008, 2009, and 2021, the quarterfinals were played on campus sites and the final four was held on the home court of the highest seed surviving the quarterfinals.
The tournament winner is conference champion and receives the GLVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Drury has won the most tournaments, with ten.

## Results

| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Site |
| 1998 | Southern Indiana | 83–70 | SIU Edwardsville | PAC Arena, University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN) |
| 1999 | Northern Kentucky | 74–72 | Bellarmine | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2000 | Northern Kentucky (2) | 77–57 | Indianapolis | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2001 | Southern Indiana (2) | 95–73 | Northern Kentucky | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2002 | Southern Indiana (3) | 89–79 | Northern Kentucky | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2003 | Indianapolis | 74–63 | Quincy | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2004 | Quincy | 57–45 | Indianapolis | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2005 | Quincy (2) | 66–60 | Indianapolis | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2006 | Northern Kentucky (3) | 86–73 | Drury | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2007 | Lewis | 69–52 | Drury | Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) |
| 2008 | Drury | 71–67 | Northern Kentucky | Weiser Gym, Drury University (Springfield, MO) |
| 2009 | Northern Kentucky (4) | 77–72 | Quincy | Pepsi Arena, Quincy University (Quincy, IL) |
| 2010 | Drury (2) | 68–63 | Wisconsin–Parkside | The Recreation and Athletic Center, University of Illinois - Springfield (Springfield, IL) |
| 2011 | Lewis (2) | 71–68 | Indianapolis | Moloney Arena, Maryville University (Town and Country, MO) |
| 2012 | Maryville | 75–62 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Prairie Capital Convention Center (Springfield, IL) |
| 2013 | Lewis (3) | 76–61 | Maryville | Ford Center (Evansville, IN) |
| 2014 | Truman State | 58–45 | Maryville | Ford Center (Evansville, IN) |
| 2015 | Drury (3) | 68–65 | Southern Indiana | Family Arena (St. Charles, MO) |
| 2016 | Bellarmine | 89–78 | Quincy | Family Arena (St. Charles, MO) |
| 2017 | Drury (4) | 67–63 | Lewis | Ford Center (Evansville, IN) |
| 2018 | Drury (5) | 62–52 | Southern Indiana | Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) |
| 2019 | Drury (6) | 94–48 | Bellarmine | Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) |
| 2020 | Drury (7) | 77–55 | Lewis | Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) |
| 2021 | Drury (8) | 76–70 | Truman State | O'Reilly Family Event Center, Drury University (Springfield, MO) |
| 2022 | Drury (9) | 76–47 | Lewis | Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) |
| 2023 | Drury (10) | 71–52 | Lewis | Hyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO) |
| 2024 | Lewis (4) | 79–67 | Drury | Hyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO) |
| 2025 | Quincy (3) | 64–60 | Maryville | Hyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO) |

## Championship records

| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Championship Years |
| Drury | 10–3 | 13 | 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Lewis | 4–3 | 7 | 2007, 2011, 2013, 2024 |
| Northern Kentucky | 4–3 | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009 |
| Southern Indiana | 3–2 | 5 | 1998, 2001, 2002 |
| Quincy | 3–3 | 6 | 2004, 2005, 2025 |
| Indianapolis | 1–4 | 5 | 2003 |
| Maryville | 1–4 | 5 | 2012 |
| Bellarmine | 1–2 | 3 | 2016 |
| Truman State | 1–1 | 2 | 2014 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 0–1 | 1 | |
| SIU Edwardsville | 0–1 | 1 | |
| Wisconsin–Parkside | 0–1 | 1 | |
* Illinois–Springfield, Lincoln (MO), McKendree, Missouri S&T, Missouri–St. Louis, Rockhurst, Southwest Baptist, Upper Iowa, and William Jewell have not yet reached the finals of the GLVC tournament.
* IPFW, Lindenwood, and Saint Joseph's never reached the tournament finals before departing the GLVC.
* Schools highlighted in pink are former GLVC members, as of the 2024–25 season.