Collegiate basketball tournament
USA South Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | USA South Athletic Conference Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Played | 1964βpresent |
Current champion | Mary Baldwin (1st) |
Most championships | Christopher Newport (15) |
Official website | USA South men's basketball |
The USA South Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (formerly the: Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament) is: theββannual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III USA South Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1964, when the conference was still known as the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the USA South's automatic bidββto the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Resultsβ»
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up |
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1964 | College of Charleston | 94β69 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1965 | Lynchburg | 75β61 | Charlotte College |
1966 | Lynchburg | 104β94 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1967 | Lynchburg | 92β70 | Greensboro |
1968 | St. Andrews (NC) | 77β75 | Lynchburg |
1969 | UNC Charlotte | 78β69 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1970 | UNC Charlotte | 49β42 | Lynchburg |
1971 | Lynchburg | 88β76 | Methodist |
1972 | Lynchburg | 59β58 | Methodist |
1973 | Methodist | 113β90 | Greensboro |
1974 | Methodist | 44β38 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1975 | Methodist | 50β47 | Lynchburg |
1976 | Lynchburg | 61β59 | Greensboro |
1977 | Methodist | 77β52 | Greensboro |
1978 | Virginia Wesleyan | 85β63 | Christopher Newport |
1979 | Virginia Wesleyan | 79β74 | Christopher Newport |
1980 | UNC Greensboro | 72β71 | Christopher Newport |
1981 | St. Andrews (NC) | 64β63 | Christopher Newport |
1982 | St. Andrews (NC) | 90β58 | Virginia Wesleyan |
1983 | St. Andrews (NC) | 59β56 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
1984 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 82β60 | Greensboro |
1985 | Greensboro | 85β81 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1986 | Christopher Newport | 57β45 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
1987 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 74β70 | UNC Greensboro |
1988 | Christopher Newport | 69β67 | St. Andrews (NC) |
1989 | Christopher Newport | 54β51 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
1990 | Averett | 64β62 | Christopher Newport |
1991 | Christopher Newport | 83β63 | Averett |
1992 | Ferrum | 99β96 | Christopher Newport |
1993 | Christopher Newport | 74β69 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
1994 | Greensboro | 120β119 | Christopher Newport |
1995 | Greensboro | 81β80 | Christopher Newport |
1996 | Christopher Newport | 103β93 | Shenandoah |
1997 | Methodist | 50β49 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
1998 | Christopher Newport | 77β60 | Greensboro |
1999 | Christopher Newport | 63β57 | Methodist |
2000 | Christopher Newport | 96β80 | Averett |
2001 | Christopher Newport | 87β74 | Averett |
2002 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 77β75 | Christopher Newport |
2003 | Christopher Newport | 67β64 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
2004 | Methodist | 83β71 | Shenandoah |
2005 | Methodist | 91β51 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
2006 | Christopher Newport | 89β88 | Averett |
2007 | Averett | 108β105 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
2008 | Averett | 77β56 | Greensboro |
2009 | Averett | 70β63 | Christopher Newport |
2010 | Christopher Newport | 67β63 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
2011 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 74β70 | Ferrum |
2012 | Christopher Newport | 82β72 | Greensboro |
2013 | Christopher Newport | 81β74 | Greensboro |
2014 | LaGrange | 94β84 | Huntingdon |
2015 | LaGrange | 70β64 | Maryville (TN) |
2016 | Covenant | 101β92 | LaGrange |
2017 | LaGrange | 75β56 | Methodist |
2018 | Maryville (TN) | 96β77 | Covenant |
2019 | Maryville (TN) | 79β67 | Methodist |
2020 | Methodist | 79β73 | Huntingdon |
2021 | Not held dueββto COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2022 | Averett | 76β63 | Covenant |
2023 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 80β61 | William Peace |
2024 | Mary Baldwin | 72β62 | Greensboro |
Divisional tournamentsβ»
Year | East Division | West Division | ||||
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Champions | Score | Runner-up | Champions | Score | Runner-up | |
2021 | Maryville (TN) | 81β54 | Piedmont | Pfeiffer | 75β61 | Averett |
Championship recordsβ»
School | Championships | Years |
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Christopher Newport | 15 | 1986, "1988," 1989, "1991," 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
Methodist | 8 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2020 |
Lynchburg | 6 | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1976 |
Averett | 5 | 1990, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2022 |
North Carolina Wesleyan | 5 | 1984, 1987, 2002, 2011, 2023 |
St. Andrews (NC) | 4 | 1968, 1981, 1982, 1983 |
Greensboro | 3 | 1985, 1994, 1995 |
LaGrange | 3 | 2014, 2015, 2017 |
Maryville (TN) | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
UNC Charlotte | 2 | 1969, 1970 |
Virginia Wesleyan | 2 | 1978, 1979 |
College of Charleston | 1 | 1964 |
Covenant | 1 | 2016 |
Ferrum | 1 | 1992 |
Mary Baldwin | 1 | 2024 |
UNC Greensboro | 1 | 1980 |
- Brevard and Southern Virginia have yet to advance to the USA South tournament final
- Berea and Chowan never reached the tournament finals while members of the USA South
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the USA South
Referencesβ»
- ^ "USA South Record Book" (PDF). Year-by-year records. USA South. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the "original on March 15," 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.