The Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Ohio Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1960, one of the oldest in Division III. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records.
The winner receives the OAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1949 Akron 71–60 Kent State 1950–1959 Not held 1960 Wittenberg 65–56 Akron 1961 Wittenberg 55–47 Akron 1962 Wittenberg 56–49 Akron 1963 Wittenberg 64–46 Akron 1964 Akron 52–51 Wittenberg 1965 Akron 83–71 Otterbein 1966 Akron 102–82 Otterbein 1967 Baldwin-Wallace 74–72 (OT) Otterbein 1968 Denison 73–72 Baldwin-Wallace 1969 Wittenberg 68–66 Baldwin-Wallace 1970 Oberlin 65–58 Wittenberg 1971 Capital 123–94 Mount Union 1972 Wittenberg 76–66 Kenyon 1973 Wooster 49–48 Wittenberg 1974 Wittenberg 62–48 Ohio Northern 1975 Wittenberg 67–65 Oberlin 1976 Oberlin 64–56 (OT) Wittenberg 1977 Muskingum 79–63 Wooster 1978 Otterbein 72–71 Wooster 1979 Wittenberg 52–50 Wooster 1980 Ohio Northern 83–71 Wittenberg 1981 Wittenberg 85–64 Baldwin-Wallace 1982 Wittenberg 77–68 Heidelberg 1983 Wittenberg 61–47 Capital 1984 Capital 69–59 Heidelberg 1985 Wittenberg 68–64 Otterbein 1986 Otterbein 100–86 Marietta 1987 Wittenberg 68–61 Otterbein 1988 Muskingum 46–45 Ohio Northern 1989 Otterbein 76–62 Wittenberg 1990 Muskingum 86–58 Otterbein 1991 Otterbein 70–68 Muskingum 1992 Otterbein 88–76 Baldwin-Wallace 1993 Otterbein 101–82 Heidelberg 1994 Otterbein 79–73 Heidelberg 1995 Ohio Northern 84–65 Heidelberg 1996 Baldwin-Wallace 60–59 Marietta 1997 Mount Union 71–56 Ohio Northern 1998 Baldwin-Wallace 83–80 Otterbein 1999 Ohio Northern 67–53 Otterbein 2000 Ohio Northern 78–69 Otterbein 2001 Ohio Northern 73–64 Muskingum 2002 Otterbein 69–67 Capital 2003 John Carroll 94–86 Capital 2004 John Carroll 76–74 Mount Union 2005 Baldwin-Wallace 82–77 John Carroll 2006 Baldwin-Wallace 91–85 (OT) Ohio Northern 2007 Capital 78–73 John Carroll 2008 Heidelberg 83–75 Capital 2009 John Carroll 90–87 Capital 2010 Wilmington (OH) 82–69 Heidelberg 2011 Marietta 88–85 John Carroll 2012 Capital 70–60 Wilmington (OH) 2013 Marietta 80–76 (OT) Mount Union 2014 Wilmington (OH) 69–63 John Carroll 2015 Mount Union 85–81 Marietta 2016 John Carroll 87–85 Marietta 2017 Marietta 83–74 Baldwin-Wallace 2018 John Carroll 94–77 Ohio Northern 2019 Baldwin-Wallace 79–75 Mount Union 2020 Mount Union 85-74 John Carroll 2021 Marietta 100–49 Ohio Northern 2022 Marietta 63–61 Mount Union 2023 Mount Union 95–80 Marietta 2024 John Carroll 88–86 Mount Union 2025 John Carroll 82–69 Mount Union 2026 Heidelberg 82–75 Otterbein
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Wittenberg 14–6 20 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 Otterbein 8–10 18 1978, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002 John Carroll 7–4 11 2003, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2024, 2025 Baldwin Wallace 6–5 11 1967, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2019 Ohio Northern 5–6 11 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001 Marietta 5–5 10 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2022 Mount Union 4–7 11 1997, 2015, 2020, 2023 Capital 4–5 9 1971, 1984, 2007, 2012 Akron 4–4 8 1949, 1964, 1965, 1966 Muskingum 3–2 5 1977, 1988, 1990 Heidelberg 2–6 8 2008, 2026 Wilmington (OH) 2–1 3 2010, 2014 Oberlin 2–1 3 1970, 1976 Wooster 1–3 4 1973 Denison 1–0 1 1968 Kent State 0–1 1 Kenyon 0–1 1 Hiram and Ohio Wesleyan never qualified for the tournament finals as members of the OAC
See also NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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