The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1993, when the RMAC became an NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division II conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the RMAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Tournament format Since its foundation in 1993, the tournament has featured only the top 8 teams from the conference playing in a single-elimination style tournament. The first rounds are always played at the gym of the higher-seeded team while the semifinal and championship rounds are played at a pre-determined site, usually on the campus of one of the RMAC ( Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) members.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up Tournament MVPVenue1993 Western State 78–64 Mesa State – Paul Wright Gymnasium (Gunnison, CO) 1994 Fort Hays State 81–79 Mesa State Dennis Edwards (Fort Hays State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 1995 Fort Hays State 84–70 Mesa State Chad Baar (Mesa State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 1996 Fort Hays State 85–79 Nebraska–Kearney Alonzo Goldston (Fort Hays State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 1997 Fort Hays State 83–79 OT Nebraska–Kearney Alonzo Goldston (Fort Hays State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 1998 Nebraska–Kearney 85–62 Southern Colorado Mike Hancock (Nebraska–Kearney) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 1999 Metro State 83–73 Mesa State DeMarcos Anzures (Metro State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 2000 Metro State 82–66 Mesa State Lee Barlow (Metro State) Magness Arena (Denver, CO) 2001 Metro State 94–85 Nebraska–Kearney Kane Oakley (Metro State) Magness Arena (Denver, CO) 2002 Fort Lewis 71–70 OT Nebraska–Kearney Trevor Lorz (Fort Lewis) Magness Arena (Denver, CO) 2003 Metro State 79–69 Fort Hays State Patrick Mutombo (Metro State) Broadmoor World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO) 2004 Metro State 99–78 Nebraska–Kearney C. J. Massingale (Metro State) Broadmoor World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO) 2005 Metro State 66–57 Mesa State Mark Worthington (Metro State) Broadmoor World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO) 2006 Nebraska–Kearney 71–68 Metro State Dusty Jura (Nebraska–Kearney) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2007 Metro State 70–60 Adams State Jesse Wagstaff (Metro State) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2008 Fort Lewis 79–73 Colorado Christian Tim Crowell (Fort Lewis) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2009 Metro State 84–78 Fort Lewis Jesse Wagstaff (Metro State) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2010 Metro State 83–79 New Mexico Highlands Donte Nicholas (Metro State) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2011 Fort Lewis 72–67 Colorado Mines Daniel Steffensen (Fort Lewis) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2012 Colorado Mines 82–62 Colorado Mesa Dale Minschwaner (Colorado Mines) Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2013 Metro State 61–60 Fort Lewis Brandon Jefferson (Metro State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 2014 Metro State 77–71 UC Colorado Springs Nick Kay (Metro State) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 2015 UC Colorado Springs 82–65 Metro State Derrick White (UC Colorado Springs) Auraria Event Center (Denver, CO) 2016 Fort Lewis 73–72 Colorado Mines Joshua Blaylock (Fort Lewis) Whalen Gymnasium (Durango, CO) 2017Colorado Mines 102–98 OTFort LewisGokul Natesan (Colorado Mines)Lockridge Arena (Golden, CO) 2018Regis 88–80Fort LewisJarrett Brodbeck (Regis)Whalen Gymnasium (Durango, CO) 2019New Mexico Highlands 79-66Black Hills StateGerard Davis (New Mexico Highlands)Lockridge Arena (Golden, CO) 2020Colorado Mesa69–61Colorado MinesTommy Nuno (Colorado Mesa)Burns Arena (St. George, UT) 2021Colorado Mesa75–74 (OT)Colorado MinesEthan Menzies (Colorado Mesa)Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2022 Black Hills State 69–66 Regis Donald E. Young Center (Black Hills State)Donald E. Young Center (Spearfish, SD) 2023 Fort Lewis 82–76 Colorado Mines Akuel Kot (Fort Lewis)Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2024 Fort Lewis 86–75 Colorado Mines Obi Agbim (Fort Lewis)Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2025 Colorado Mines 92-64 Regis Majok Deng (Colorado Mines) Lockridge Arena (Golden, CO) 2026 Black Hills State 89–77 Colorado Mines Jackson Seale (Black Hills State) A2 Arena (Spearfish, SD)
Championship appearances by school School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years MSU Denver 11–2 13 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 Fort Lewis 6–4 10 2002, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2023, 2024 Fort Hays State‡ 4–1 5 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Colorado Mines 3–5 8 2012, 2017, 2025 Colorado Mesa 2–8 10 2020, 2021 Nebraska–Kearney‡ 2–5 7 1998, 2006 Black Hills State 2–1 3 2022, 2026 Regis 1–1 2 2018 New Mexico Highlands 1–1 2 2019 UCCS 1–1 2 2015 Western Colorado 1–0 1 1993 Colorado Christian 0–1 1 Adams State 0–1 1 CSU Pueblo 0–1 1
Chadron State, South Dakota Mines, and Westminster have yet to advance to the RMAC tournament final. Utah Tech (Dixie State) and Western New Mexico never qualified for the RMAC tournament final before departing the conference. ‡Former member of the RMAC.
See also RMAC women's basketball tournament
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