The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) men's basketball tournament is the annual men's basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was founded in 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament bracket has included as few as seven teams and as many as fifteen. The most common format has featured eight teams competing at the same predesignated neutral site as the GLVC women's basketball tournament. In 1998, 2008, 2009, and 2021, the quarterfinals were played on campus sites (hosted by the teams in the top half of the bracket) and the final four was held on the home court of the highest seed surviving the quarterfinals.
The tournament winner is conference champion and receives the GLVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Former members Kentucky Wesleyan and Bellarmine have won the most tournaments, with five apiece.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upSite 1998 Kentucky Wesleyan 94–81 Southern Indiana Sportscenter (Owensboro, KY) 1999 Kentucky Wesleyan 95–84 Southern Indiana Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN) 2000 Kentucky Wesleyan 90–88 Southern Indiana 2001 Kentucky Wesleyan 91–74 Southern Indiana 2002 Lewis 77–65 Kentucky Wesleyan 2003 Northern Kentucky 58–55 Lewis 2004 Kentucky Wesleyan 72–71 (OT) Lewis 2005Southern Indiana79–49Northern Kentucky 2006Saint Joseph's 68–67 Quincy 2007 Southern Indiana 63–61 Northern Kentucky 2008 Drury 89–87 (OT) Lewis Weiser Gym, Drury University (Springfield, MO) 2009 Northern Kentucky 69–47 Bellarmine PAC Arena, University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN) 2010 Bellarmine 79–69 Kentucky Wesleyan The Recreation and Athletic Center,University of Illinois - Springfield(Springfield, IL) 2011Bellarmine87–81 (OT)Southern Indiana Moloney Arena, Maryville University (Town and Country, MO) 2012Southern Indiana60–56Northern Kentucky Prairie Capital Convention Center(Springfield, IL) 2013Drury71–65Southern IndianaFord Center (Evansville, IN) 2014Southern Indiana86–73Bellarmine 2015Drury77–70BellarmineFamily Arena (St. Charles, MO) 2016Lewis80–71Wisconsin–Parkside 2017Bellarmine74–61LewisFord Center (Evansville, IN) 2018Bellarmine75–61Truman State Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) 2019Bellarmine65–48Drury 2020Truman State53–52Missouri–St. Louis 2021 Lewis 76–71 Drury Mark Twain Building, University of Missouri - St. Louis(St. Louis, MO) 2022 Missouri–St. Louis 66–56Indianapolis Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL) 2023 McKendree 62–51 Missouri–St. LouisHyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO) 2024 William Jewell 83–65 Lewis 2025 Lincoln (MO) 58–51 Missouri–St. Louis 2026 William Jewell 67–48 Drury Mark Twain Building, University of Missouri - St. Louis(St. Louis, MO)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Championship Years Kentucky Wesleyan 5–2 7 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 Bellarmine 5–3 8 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019 Southern Indiana 4–6 10 2005, 2007, 2012, 2014 Lewis 3–5 8 2002, 2016, 2021 Drury 3–3 6 2008, 2013, 2015 Northern Kentucky 2–3 5 2003, 2009 Missouri–St. Louis 1–3 4 2022 Truman 1–1 2 2020 Lincoln (MO) 1–0 1 2025 McKendree 1–0 1 2023 William Jewell 2–0 2 2024, 2026 Saint Joseph's 1–0 1 2006 Indianapolis 0–1 1 Quincy 0–1 1 Wisconsin–Parkside 0–1 1
Illinois–Springfield, Maryville, Missouri S&T, Rockhurst, Southwest Baptist, and Upper Iowa have not yet reached the finals of the GLVC tournament. Lindenwood, IPFW, and SIU Edwardsville never reached the tournament finals before departing the GLVC. Schools highlighted in pink are former GLVC members, as of the 2026–27 season.
See also Great Lakes Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
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