The Southern Athletic Association men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Southern Athletic Association. The tournament has been held annually since 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the SAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2013Centre (KY)46–44Birmingham–SouthernDanville, KY 2014Centre (KY)72–62OTOglethorpeDanville, KY 2015Rhodes73–54Birmingham–SouthernMemphis, TN 2016Birmingham–Southern68–50SewaneeBirmingham, AL 2017Rhodes98–95Birmingham–SouthernMemphis, TN 2018Berry88–78HendrixDanville, KY 2019Sewanee62–59CentreDanville, KY 2020Centre (KY)72–69BerryDanville, KY 2021 Berry 72–58 Oglethorpe Mount Berry, GA 2022 Berry 63–62 Oglethorpe Mount Berry, GA 2023 Sewanee 86–82 Berry Mount Berry, GA 2024 Berry 74–57 Rhodes Mount Berry, GA 2025 Berry 83–65 Centre (KY) Mount Berry, GA 2026 Rhodes 79–76 Trinity Mount Berry, GA
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Berry 5–1 6 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 Centre (KY) 3–2 5 2013, 2014, 2020 Rhodes 3–1 4 2015, 2017, 2026 Birmingham–Southern 1–3 4 2016 Sewanee 2–1 3 2019, 2023 Oglethorpe 0–3 3 Hendrix * 0–1 1 Trinity 0–1 1 * Millsaps and Southwestern have not yet qualified for the SAA tournament final. * No longer member of the SAA
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