The American Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III American Southwest Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1999. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the ASC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Mary Hardin–Baylor are the reigning tournament champions.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 1999Mississippi College69–54AustinClinton, MS 2000McMurry105–81Mississippi CollegeAbilene, TX 2001McMurry76–71Mississippi CollegeClinton, MS 2002Mississippi College88–75McMurryAbilene, TX 2003Mississippi College83–63McMurryMarshall, TX 2004Sul Ross State72–69Mississippi CollegeAlpine, TX 2005UT Dallas73–55Mississippi CollegeClinton, MS 2006Mississippi College74–58Howard PayneBrownwood, TX 2007Mississippi College77–64Hardin–SimmonsClinton, MS 2008Mary Hardin–Baylor82–73Concordia TexasBelton, TX 2009UT Dallas85–72Mississippi CollegeRichardson, TX 2010Mary Hardin–Baylor80–70UT DallasBelton, TX 2011McMurry72–65Mary Hardin–BaylorRichardson, TX 2012McMurry86–81OTHardin–SimmonsBelton, TX 2013Concordia Texas80–76Mary Hardin–BaylorRichardson, TX 2014UT Dallas78–69Hardin–SimmonsRichardson, TX 2015East Texas Baptist82–71Concordia TexasMarshall, TX 2016Hardin–Simmons91–79Louisiana CollegeAlpine, TX 2017Hardin–Simmons104–92LeTourneauLongview, TX 2018 Sul Ross State68–65 East Texas Baptist Alpine, TX 2019UT Dallas88–64Hardin–SimmonsRichardson, TX 2020 LeTourneau 82–79 East Texas Baptist Alpine, TX 2021 Ozarks 74–72 Louisiana College Clarksville, AR 2022Mary Hardin–Baylor99–82LeTourneauBelton, TX 2023 East Texas Baptist 72–64 Hardin–SimmonsBelton, TX 2024UT Dallas78–77Mary Hardin-BaylorAbilene, TX 2025 Hardin–Simmons 73–62 Mary Hardin-Baylor Marshall, TX 2026 Mary Hardin-Baylor 90–81 Hardin–Simmons Abilene, TX
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Mississippi College 5–5 10 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 UT Dallas 5–1 6 2005, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 Mary Hardin–Baylor 4–4 8 2008, 2010, 2022, 2026 McMurry 4–2 6 2000, 2001, 2011, 2012 Hardin–Simmons 3–5 8 2016, 2017, 2025 East Texas Baptist 2–2 4 2015, 2023 Sul Ross State 2–0 2 2004, 2018 Concordia Texas 1–2 3 2013 LeTourneau 1–2 3 2020 University of the Ozarks 1–0 1 2021 Louisiana Christian(Louisiana College) 0–2 1 Austin 0–1 1 Howard Payne 0–1 1 Belhaven, Dallas, Centenary, Schreiner, Texas Lutheran, and UT Tyler never reached the tournament finals before departing the ASC Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the American Southwest Conference
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