The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the AMCC was founded in 1998. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 1998–present |
| Current champion | La Roche (6th) |
| Most championships | La Roche Medaille Penn State Behrend (6) |
| Official website | AMCC men's basketball |
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the AMCC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
La Roche are the current champions.
Results
edit| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Penn State Behrend | 76–63 | Frostburg State | Bradford, PA |
| 1999 | Pitt–Greensburg | 79–77 | La Roche | Erie, PA |
| 2000 | Pitt–Greensburg | 49–43 | Penn State Behrend | Erie, PA |
| 2001 | Frostburg State | 77–73 | Pitt–Bradford | Bradford, PA |
| 2002 | Pitt–Bradford | 102–99 | Frostburg State | Bradford, PA |
| 2003 | Pitt–Bradford | 62–59 | Penn State Behrend | Erie, PA |
| 2004 | La Roche | 44–42 | Frostburg State | Erie, PA |
| 2005 | Penn State Behrend | 52–49 | Pitt–Bradford | Greensburg, PA |
| 2006 | Lake Erie | 83–82OT | Pitt–Greensburg | Painesville, OH |
| 2007 | Lake Erie | 59–58 | Penn State Behrend | Painesville, OH |
| 2008 | Penn State Behrend | 57–54 | Lake Erie | Erie, PA |
| 2009 | Medaille | 82–71 | Penn State Behrend | Buffalo, NY |
| 2010 | Medaille | 89–77 | Penn State Behrend | Buffalo, NY |
| 2011 | La Roche | 55–53 | Penn State Behrend | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2012 | Medaille | 65–52 | Penn State Behrend | Buffalo, NY |
| 2013 | Penn State Behrend | 63–60 | Medaille | Hamburg, NY |
| 2014 | Penn State Behrend | 66–51 | Hilbert | Erie, PA |
| 2015 | Medaille | 81–76 | Hilbert | Erie, PA |
| 2016 | Pitt–Greensburg | 76–74 | Hilbert | Hamburg, NY |
| 2017 | Medaille | 74–58 | La Roche | Buffalo, NY |
| 2018 | La Roche | 77–74 | Penn State Behrend | McCandless, PA |
| 2019 | Penn State Behrend | 67–65 | La Roche | McCandless, PA |
| 2020 | La Roche | 62–61 | Penn State Behrend | McCandless, PA |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 | Medaille | 71–70 | La Roche | Erie, PA |
| 2023 | La Roche | 84–61 | Penn State Altoona | McCandless, PA |
| 2024 | La Roche | 80–69 | Penn State Behrend | McCandless, PA |
Championship records
edit| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Behrend | 6–10 | 16 | 1998, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2019 |
| La Roche | 6–4 | 10 | 2004, 2011, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 |
| Medaille | 6–1 | 7 | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022 |
| Pitt–Greensburg | 3–1 | 4 | 1999, 2000, 2016 |
| Lake Erie | 2–1 | 3 | 2006, 2007 |
| Pitt–Bradford | 2–2 | 4 | 2002, 2003 |
| Frostburg State | 1–3 | 4 | 2001 |
| Hilbert | 0–3 | 3 | |
| Penn State Altoona | 0–1 | 0 |
- Alfred State, Carlow, Mount Aloysius, and Wells have not yet qualified for the AMCC tournament finals.
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the AMCC.
References
edit- ^ "AMCC Basketball Archives". Year-by-year records. AMCC. 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.