The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference men's basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The tournament has been held annually since 2008. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the SCIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps have been the most successful program, with seven titles.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2008Pomona–Pitzer55–53Claremont–Mudd–ScrippsClaremont, CA 2009Claremont–Mudd–Scripps56–44Pomona–PitzerClaremont, CA 2010Claremont–Mudd–Scripps57–55Pomona–PitzerClaremont, CA 2011Redlands63–54Claremont–Mudd–ScrippsRedlands, CA 2012Claremont–Mudd–Scripps60–54Pomona–PitzerClaremont, CA 2013Redlands73–64Claremont–Mudd–ScrippsRedlands, CA 2014Chapman79–51Cal LutheranOrange, CA 2015Claremont–Mudd–Scripps71–66ChapmanOrange, CA 2016Chapman71–69RedlandsOrange, CA 2017Claremont–Mudd–Scripps77–71Cal LutheranClaremont, CA 2018Claremont–Mudd–Scripps86–62Pomona–PitzerClaremont, CA 2019Pomona–Pitzer68–45OccidentalClaremont, CA 2020Pomona–Pitzer87–66RedlandsClaremont, CA 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022Pomona–Pitzer76–71ChapmanClaremont, CA 2023 Cal Lutheran 69–68 Redlands Redlands, CA 2024 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 61–55 Cal Lutheran Thousand Oaks, CA 2025 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 72–71 Cal Lutheran Thousand Oaks, CA 2026 Redlands 93–64 Chapman Redlands, CA
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 8–3 11 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025 Pomona–Pitzer 4–4 8 2008, 2019, 2020, 2022 Redlands 3–3 6 2011, 2013, 2026 Chapman 2–3 5 2014, 2016 Cal Lutheran 1–4 5 2023 Occidental 0–1 1 Caltech, La Verne, and Whittier have not appeared in the SCIAC tournament finals.
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