The SLIAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the SLIAC started play in 1991, with a five-year hiatus between 2000 and 2004. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the SLIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1991 Blackburn 68–48 Westminster 1992 Blackburn 73–62 MacMurray 1993 MacMurray 81–76 Westminster 1994 Fontbonne 94–80 Blackburn 1995 Westminster 82–72 MacMurray 1996 Fontbonne 72–67 MacMurray 1997 Maryville 79–75 (OT) Blackburn 1998 Greenville 80–79 Fontbonne 1999 MacMurray 71–69 Maryville 2000–2004Not held 2005 Blackburn 65–52 Webster 2006 Maryville 90–65 Westminster 2007 Fontbonne 88–79 (OT) Eureka 2008 Fontbonne 73–72 Maryville 2009 Fontbonne 87–82 Westminster 2010 Westminster 74–67 Eureka 2011 Webster 64–47 Westminster 2012 Westminster 58–56 MacMurray 2013 Spalding 64–62 (OT) Eureka 2014 Webster 55–41 Spalding 2015 Spalding 58–51 Fontbonne 2016 Westminster 61–59 Spalding 2017 Westminster 128–121 Greenville 2018 Greenville 126–119 Blackburn 2019 Eureka 70–69 Webster 2020 Webster 121–112 Greenville 2021 Blackburn 77–69 Fontbonne 2022 Blackburn 76–56 Webster 2023 Fontbonne 55–49 Webster 2024 Fontbonne 80–48 Spalding 2025 Greenville 115–104 Webster 2026 MUW 77–76 Webster
Championship records School Finalsrecord Finalsappearances Years Fontbonne 7–3 101994, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2023, 2024 Westminster 5–5 10 1995, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017 Blackburn 5–3 8 1991, 1992, 2005, 2021, 2022 Webster 3–6 9 2011, 2014, 2020 Greenville 3–2 5 1998, 2018, 2025 MacMurray 2–4 61993, 1999 Spalding 2–3 5 2013, 2015 Maryville 2–2 4 1997, 2006 MUW 1–0 1 2026 Eureka 1–3 4 2019
Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the SLIAC Lyon and Principia have not yet qualified for the tournament finals Iowa Wesleyan, Parks, and Lincoln Christian never qualified for the tournament finals as conference members
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