The Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue 1978 Central Florida 103–66 Rollins Jerry Prather, Central Florida Lakeland Civic Center (Lakeland, FL) 1979 Florida Southern 57–51 Rollins Lester Wright, Florida Southern UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) 1980 Florida Southern 100–74 Rollins Kurt Alston, Florida Southern UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) 1981Florida Southern86–77Central Florida John Ebeling, Florida Southern UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) 1982 Biscayne College68–66Central FloridaPerry Smith, BiscayneJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 1983 Florida Southern93–74Central FloridaTom Ridley, Florida SouthernJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 1984 Tampa53–52Central FloridaTodd Linder, TampaJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 1985 Tampa 57–52 Florida Southern Todd Linder, TampaBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1986Florida Southern73–66Saint LeoGlenn Hanson, Florida SouthernBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1987Florida Southern70–66TampaTodd Linder, TampaJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 1988Florida Southern63–62TampaJerry Johnson, Florida SouthernJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 1989Florida Southern68–67TampaKris Kearney, Florida SouthernBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1990Florida Southern69–67TampaMichael Dean, Florida SouthernBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1991Florida Southern77–66Florida TechDerek Flowers, Florida SouthernEnyart-Alumni Field House (Winter Park, FL) 1992Rollins 74–64 Barry David Wolf, RollinsEnyart-Alumni Field House (Winter Park, FL) 1993Florida Southern71–67TampaDeCarlo Deveaux, TampaBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1994Eckerd77–71OTTampaRodney Chatman, EckerdBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 1995Tampa77–75EckerdIdris Mays, Tampa Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 1996Florida Southern53–49North FloridaChris Sneed, North Florida Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 1997Tampa73–67Florida SouthernPuncho Farquarson, Tampa Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 1998Florida Southern68–66OTFlorida TechEric Osborne, Florida Southern Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 1999Florida Southern53–52LynnInnocent Kere, Florida Southern Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 2000Florida Southern63–54Florida TechInnocent Kere, Florida Southern Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 2001Florida Southern81–76BarryNick Railsback, Florida Southern Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) 2002Tampa62–45Florida SouthernJon Brown, Tampa Clemente Center (Melbourne, FL) 2003Florida Southern81–68RollinsMatt Story, Florida SouthernJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 2004Eckerd 67–57 Florida Southern Steve Berg, EckerdAlfond Sports Center (Winter Park, FL) 2005Lynn 63–50 Eckerd Justin Wingard, LynnHealth and Sports Center (Miami Shores, FL) 2006Rollins57–56BarryJohn Thinnes, Rollins Marion Bowman Activities Center (Saint Leo, FL) 2007Eckerd67–52RollinsMatt Centaus, Eckerd Sports and Cultural Center (Boca Raton, FL) 2008Florida Southern83–81OTTampaBraxton Williams, Florida SouthernBob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) 2009Florida Southern77–76OTRollinsRob Eldridge, Florida SouthernDon Taft University Center (Davie, FL) 2010Rollins66–59BarryMyk Brown, RollinsDon Taft University Center (Davie, FL) 2011Rollins75–66EckerdNick Wolf, Rollins Clemente Center (Melbourne, FL) 2012Florida Southern61–58Saint LeoSeth Evans, Florida SouthernJenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) 2013Florida Southern72–66RollinsSeth Evans, Florida SouthernSilver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) 2014Florida Southern84–74TampaKevin Capers, Florida SouthernSilver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) 2015Florida Southern93–83BarryKevin Capers, Florida SouthernSilver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) 2016Eckerd87–84BarryE. J. Moody, Eckerd ICI Center (Daytona Beach, FL) 2017Rollins71–70Palm Beach AtlanticJeff Merton, Rollins ICI Center (Daytona Beach, FL) 2018Eckerd96–71BarryMarco Behori, Eckerd Jenkins Fieldhouse (Lakeland, FL) 2019Florida Southern92–84Nova SoutheasternBrett Hanson, Florida Southern Don Taft University Center (Davie, FL) 2020Florida Southern118–109Nova SoutheasternBrett Hanson, Florida SouthernJenkins Fieldhouse (Lakeland, FL) 2021Saint Leo83-70Florida SouthernFrank Webb Jr., Saint LeoMarion Bowman Activities Center (Saint Leo, FL) 2022Nova Southeastern98-85BarryRJ Sunahara, Nova SoutheasternRick Case Arena (Fort Lauderdale, FL) 2023Nova Southeastern 92–69 Embry–Riddle Will Yoakum, Nova Southeastern 2024Nova Southeastern87–76Barry Shane Hunter, Nova Southeastern 2025Nova Southeastern103–89Florida Southern MJ Iraldi, Nova Southeastern 2026Nova Southeastern 92–85 Palm Beach Atlantic
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Florida Southern 25–5 30 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 Tampa 5–8 13 1984, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2002 Rollins 5–7 12 1992, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017 Eckerd 5–3 8 1994, 2004, 2007, 2016, 2018 Nova Southeastern 5–2 7 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 UCF 1–4 5 1978 Saint Leo 1–2 3 2021 Lynn 1–1 2 2005 St. Thomas (FL)(Biscayne College) 1–0 1 1982 Barry 0–9 9 Florida Tech 0–3 3 Palm Beach Atlantic 0–2 2 Embry–Riddle 0–1 1 North Florida 0–1 1
Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Sunshine State Conference
See also NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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