The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1999. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records.
The winner receives the HCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upSite 1999 Franklin 80–71 (2OT) Manchester North Manchester, IN 2000 Franklin 70–58 Manchester Franklin, IN 2001 Defiance 104–97 Manchester North Manchester, IN 2002 Franklin 92–87 Defiance Hanover, IN 2003 Hanover 79–60 Anderson Hanover, IN 2004 Hanover 61–48 Franklin Hanover, IN 2005 Hanover 66–56 Franklin Hanover, IN 2006 Transylvania 63–48 Franklin Lexington, KY 2007 Transylvania 77–64 Defiance Franklin, IN 2008 Franklin 82–76 Defiance Defiance, OH 2009 Transylvania 76–72 Franklin Lexington, KY 2010 Defiance 70–65 Anderson Anderson, IN 2011 Manchester 79–69 Hanover North Manchester, IN 2012 Rose-Hulman 76–73 (OT) Transylvania Lexington, KY 2013 Rose-Hulman 64–59 Hanover Terre Haute, IN 2014 Rose-Hulman 70–56 Hanover Terre Haute, IN 2015 Defiance 78–55 Bluffton Defiance, OH 2016 Mount St. Joseph 93–88 (OT) Rose-Hulman Defiance, OH 2017 Hanover 58–51 Mount St. Joseph Hanover, IN 2018 Hanover 80–70 Rose-Hulman Terre Haute, IN 2019 Hanover 76–73 Transylvania Hanover, IN 2020 Transylvania 49–48 Rose–Hulman Lexington, KY 2021 Franklin 73–54 Transylvania Lexington, KY 2022 Franklin 91–84 Hanover Hanover, IN 2023 Anderson 73–55 Rose–Hulman North Manchester, IN 2024 Anderson 90–73 Hanover Anderson, IN 2025 Franklin 72–66 Anderson Anderson, IN 2026 Transylvania 91–79 Anderson Lexington, KY
Championship records Schools highlighted in pink are former HCAC members, as of the upcoming 2024–25 season. School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Franklin 7–4 11 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2021, 2022, 2025 Hanover 6–5 11 2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019 Transylvania 5–3 8 2006, 2007, 2009, 2020, 2026 Defiance 3–3 6 2001, 2010, 2015 Rose-Hulman 3–4 7 2012, 2013, 2014 Anderson 2–4 6 2023, 2024 Manchester 1–3 4 2011 Mount St. Joseph 1–1 2 2016 Bluffton 0–1 1 Berea and Earlham has not yet qualified for the HCAC tournament finals Wabash and Wilmington (OH) never qualified for the tournament finals as members of the HCAC
See also NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
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