Middle_Atlantic_Conference_men's_basketball_tournaments
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.
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| Middle Atlantic Conferences men's basketball tournaments | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Middle Atlantic Conferences |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 1947–present |
| Current champion | Commonwealth: Eastern (1st) Freedom: Stevens (3rd) |
| Most championships | Scranton (16) |
| Official website | MAC men's basketball |
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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.
Middle Atlantic Conference (1947–49)
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| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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| 1947 | Muhlenberg | 45–41 | La Salle |
| 1948 | Muhlenberg | 63–52 | Moravian |
| 1949 | Albright | 64–51 | Gettysburg |
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- No tournament held between 1950 and 1957
MAC College Division (1958–66)
More information Year, Champions ...
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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| 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 |
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- No tournament held in 1967
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MAC Northern Division (1968–93)
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MAC Southern Division (1968–93)
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Middle Atlantic Conference (1994–2000)
More information Year, Champions ...
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up |
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| 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 |
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MAC Commonwealth (2001–present)
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MAC Freedom (2001–present)
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College Division/Division III
More information School, Finals Record ...
| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
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| 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 |
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- 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.
- "MAC MEN's BASKETBALL Conference Champions" (PDF). MAC. 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.