Great American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The Great American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
| Great American Conferencee Women's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Basketball Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Great American Conference |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 2012–present |
| Current champion | Southwestern Oklahoma State (5th) |
| Most championships | SW Oklahoma State (5) |
| Official website | GAC women's basketball |
The tournament has been held annually since 2012, one year after the conference was initially founded. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament.
Southwestern Oklahoma State have won the most tournaments (five).
Results
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SW Oklahoma State | 69–58 | Harding | Darcie Dick, SW Oklahoma State |
Bruin Fieldhouse (Bartlesville, OK) |
| 2013 | Arkansas Tech | 70–66 (OT) | SW Oklahoma State | Jessica Weatherford, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2014 | SW Oklahoma State (2) | 78–74 | Harding | Michelle Fisher, SW Oklahoma State | |
| 2015 | Harding | 68–50 | Arkansas Tech | Sydney Layrock, Harding | |
| 2016 | Arkansas Tech (2) | 106–85 | SW Oklahoma State | Fatima Adams, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2017 | SW Oklahoma State (3) | 75–73 | Arkansas Tech | Sydnie Jones, Harding | |
| 2018 | Arkansas Tech (3) | 63–62 | Harding | Cheyenne North, Arkansas Tech | |
| 2019 | SW Oklahoma State (4) | 87–66 | Arkansas Tech | Bethany Franks, SW Oklahoma State | |
| 2020 | SE Oklahoma State | 71–52 | Arkansas–Monticello | Kamryn Cantwell, SE Oklahoma State | |
| 2021 | Southern Nazarene | 58–56 | SE Oklahoma State | Cassandra Awatt, Southern Nazarene |
Sawyer Center (Bethany, OK) |
| 2022 | SW Oklahoma State (5) | 89–68 | Arkansas Tech | Makyra Tramble, SW Oklahoma State |
FireLake Arena (Shawnee, OK) |
Championship records
| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Oklahoma State | 5–2 | 7 | 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022 |
| Arkansas Tech | 3–4 | 7 | 2013, 2016, 2018 |
| Harding | 1–3 | 4 | 2015 |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State | 1–1 | 2 | 2020 |
| Southern Nazarene | 1–0 | 0 | 2021 |
| Arkansas–Monticello | 0–1 | 0 |
- East Central, Henderson State, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist, and Southern Arkansas have not yet reached the tournament final
References
- "GAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY" (PDF). History. Great American Conference. 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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