The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

Between 1951 and 1960, the regular season champion was declared league champion based on record alone. From 1961 to 1980, a singular championship game was held between the top two teams from the regular season standings. Finally, a tournament (of varying sizes, presently at 12) has been held each year since 1981.

The winner receives the PSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.

Results

Pre-tournament champions

1951 – Lock Haven State 1952 – Lock Haven State 1953 – Bloomsburg State 1954 – Millersville State

1955 – Millersville State 1956 – Millersville State 1957 – Millersville State

1958 – Millersville State 1959 – West Chester State 1960 – Indiana State (PA)

Championship game only YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1961 Mansfield State 97–87 Indiana State (PA) 1962 Mansfield State 58–54 Edinboro State 1963 Slippery Rock State 74–73 Mansfield State 1964 Mansfield State 98–90 Edinboro State 1965 Cheyney State 73–47 Slippery Rock State 1966 Cheyney State 96–76 Edinboro State 1967 Cheyney State 84–57 California State (PA) 1968 Edinboro State 73–61 Cheyney State 1969 Cheyney State 83–69 Edinboro State 1970 California State (PA) 110–91 Cheyney State 1971 Cheyney State 90–65 Clarion State 1972 Cheyney State 97–88 Slippery Rock State 1973 Cheyney State 76–62 Clarion State 1974 Indiana State (PA) 79–69 Bloomsburg State 1975 Mansfield State 79–70 Edinboro State 1976 Cheyney State 78–77 Edinboro State 1977 Cheyney State 75–71 Clarion State 1978 Cheyney State 75–72 Slippery Rock State 1979 Cheyney State 72–71 Clarion State 1980 Cheyney State 66–59 Clarion State

Tournament championship game YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1981 Bloomsburg State 72–63 Indiana State (PA) 1982 Cheyney State 68–50 Bloomsburg State 1983 Cheyney 63–55 Bloomsburg 1984 Mansfield 61–54 Bloomsburg 1985 California (PA) 81–79 Millersville 1986 Cheyney 90–67 Edinboro 1987 Millersville 100–94 California (PA) 1988 California (PA) 73–64 Kutztown 1989 Millersville 89–85 Bloomsburg 1990 East Stroudsburg 76–75 (OT) Millersville 1991 Shippensburg 76–75 (2OT) Slippery Rock 1992 California (PA) 92–76 Edinboro 1993 Millersville 97–84 California (PA) 1994 California (PA) 78–76 Indiana (PA) 1995 Indiana (PA) 87–69 California (PA) 1996 California (PA) 87–84 Indiana (PA) 1997 Mansfield 94–80 Clarion 1998 Edinboro 81–77 West Chester 1999 California (PA) 75–64 Bloomsburg 2000 Indiana (PA) 63–50 Slippery Rock 2001 Clarion 80–77 (OT) West Chester 2002 Indiana (PA) 71–68 California (PA) 2003 Millersville 79–74 California (PA) 2004 Indiana (PA) 83–74 Kutztown 2005 Edinboro 85–76 Millersville 2006 Edinboro 52–51 Shippensburg 2007 Millersville 79–68 Cheyney 2008 California (PA) 73–65 Edinboro 2009 Gannon 80–65 Kutztown 2010 Indiana (PA) 84–73 Kutztown 2011 Indiana (PA) 82–75 Slippery Rock 2012 East Stroudsburg 90–85 West Chester 2013 Indiana (PA) 52–46 Slippery Rock 2014 East Stroudsburg 92–80 West Chester 2015 Gannon 69–66 Indiana (PA) 2016 Mercyhurst 70–67 West Chester 2017 Shippensburg 73–63 Kutztown 2018 East Stroudsburg 89–67 Gannon 2019Indiana (PA) 56-49 Mercyhurst 2020Indiana (PA)77–59 Shippensburg 2022Indiana (PA)63-52 Millersville 2023Indiana (PA) 54–53 Mercyhurst 2024 Gannon 89–74 California (PA) 2025 Gannon 74–58 Shepherd 2026 California (PA) 80–79 Gannon

Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Cheyney 15–3 18 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986 Indiana (PA) 13–5 18 1960, 1974, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Millersville 10–5 10 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2007 California (PA) 9–7 16 1970, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2026 Mansfield 6–1 4 1961, 1962, 1964, 1975, 1984, 1997 East Stroudsburg 4–0 4 1990, 2012, 2014, 2018 Gannon 4–2 6 2009, 2015, 2024, 2025 Edinboro 4–9 13 1968, 1998, 2005, 2006 Bloomsburg 2–6 7 1953, 1981 Shippensburg 2–1 3 1991, 2017 Lock Haven 2–0 0 1951, 1952 Clarion 1–6 7 2001 Mercyhurst 1–1 2 2016 Slippery Rock 1–7 8 1963 West Chester 1–5 5 1959 Kutztown 0–5 5 Shepherd 0–1 1 Pitt–Johnstown 0–0 0 Seton Hill 0–0 0

Schools highlighted in pink are former PSAC members.

See also PSAC women's basketball tournament

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