The Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Colonial States Athletic Conference. The tournament was held annually from 1994 to 2023, when the CSAC completed its merger into the United East Conference. All CSAC members at the time of the merger therefore became eligible for future iterations of the United East Men's Basketball Championship.
The tournament was single-elimination with seeding based on regular season records.
Prior to 2008, when the CSAC was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, the event was known as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament.
The winner, declared conference champion, received the CSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results Pennsylvania Athletic Conference YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1994 Cabrini 114–79 Beaver 1995 Cabrini 85–74 Beaver 1996 Cabrini 85–67 Allentown 1997 Cabrini 80–66 Alvernia 1998 Cabrini 81–70 Alvernia 1999 Gwynedd Mercy 84–74 Misericordia 2000 Alvernia 88–72 Misericordia 2001 Cabrini 73–71 Alvernia 2002 Cabrini 71–67 Neumann 2003 Alvernia 80–73 Neumann 2004 Gwynedd Mercy 83–62 Alvernia 2005 Gwynedd Mercy 81–63 Alvernia 2006 Alvernia 66–63 Wesley 2007 Alvernia 70–55 Immaculata
Colonial States Athletic Conference YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 2008 Immaculata 85–68 Gwynedd Mercy 2009 Gwynedd Mercy 108–96 Cabrini 2010 Cabrini 97–73 Neumann 2011 Cabrini 92–70 Gwynedd Mercy 2012 Cabrini 86–78 Keystone 2013 Cabrini 90–74 Keystone 2014 Cabrini 96–79 Neumann 2015 Neumann 93–92 (OT) Cabrini 2016 Gwynedd Mercy 84–70 Neumann 2017 Neumann 77–53 Gwynedd Mercy 2018 Cabrini 89–76 Neumann2019Rosemont100–97Cairn2020Cairn113–105Centenary (NJ) 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2022Wilson (PA)77–72Cairn2023Wilson (PA)89–68Keystone
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Cabrini 13–2 15 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 Gwynedd Mercy 5–3 8 1999, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2016 Alvernia 4–5 9 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007 Wilson (PA) 2–0 2 2022, 2023 Neumann 1–5 6 2017 Cairn 1–2 3 2020 Immaculata 1–1 2 2008 Rosemont 1–0 1 2019 Keystone 0–3 3 Arcadia(Beaver) 0–2 2 Misericordia 0–2 2 Centenary (NJ) 0–1 1 DeSales(Allentown) 0–1 1 Wesley (DE) 0–1 1 Schools highlighted in pink departed the CSAC before it merged with the United East in 2023. Among the CSAC teams during its final season, Bryn Athyn, Clarks Summit, Saint Elizabeth, and Valley Forge never qualified for the tournament finals. Among the teams that departed the CSAC before its final season, Eastern and Marywood never reached the finals.
See also United East Men's Basketball Championship
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