The CUNYAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III City University of New York Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1966. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the CUNYAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Staten Island, with 15 titles, are the most successful program in tournament history.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1966 CCNY 63–54 Queens 1967 CCNY 85–62 Hunter 1968 CCNY 80–67 Queens 1969 Queens 70–69 CCNY 1970 Hunter 70–54 Queens 1971 CCNY 81–73 Queens 1972 CCNY 69–61 Hunter 1973 Brooklyn 69–64 CCNY 1974 Lehman 60–58 Medgar Evers 1975 Lehman 54–51 CCNY 1976 CCNY 61–57 York 1977 CCNY 69–66 Hunter 1978 CCNY 64–58 Brooklyn 1979 Staten Island 92–78 Queens 1980 CCNY 73–59 Queens 1981 Staten Island 83–72 Queens 1982 Staten Island 83–77 Baruch 1983 Staten Island 74–56 John Jay 1984 Lehman 70–61 Staten Island 1985 Staten Island 60–55 Lehman 1986 Staten Island 78–75 CCNY 1987 Lehman 89–70 Staten Island 1988 Staten Island 72–69 Hunter 1989 Staten Island 55–48 Lehman 1990 Hunter 103–80 Medgar Evers 1991 Medgar Evers 101–92 Hunter 1992 Hunter 80–70 CCNY 1993 Hunter 104–73 Medgar Evers 1994 Hunter 96–68 Baruch 1995 Hunter 75–67 York 1996 Staten Island 66–62 York 1997 York 76–69 Lehman 1998 Hunter 76–55 York 1999 Staten Island 61–53 York 2000 Baruch 52–50 York 2001 CCNY 77–69 Staten Island 2002 Staten Island 59–57 Medgar Evers 2003 CCNY 84–79 Baruch 2004 Lehman 75–69 City Tech 2005 City Tech 76–66 Staten Island 2006 York 72–62 Baruch 2007 York 56–54 Staten Island 2008 John Jay 68–54 York 2009 Brooklyn 89–69 Baruch 2010 Brooklyn 79–68 York 2011 Medgar Evers 62–56 Staten Island 2012 Staten Island 82–81 Medgar Evers 2013 Staten Island 80–74 John Jay 2014 York 87–84 Staten Island 2015 Baruch 90–83 (2OT) Brooklyn 2016 Brooklyn 76–67 Baruch 2017 Staten Island 77–66 CCNY 2018 Staten Island 77–75 Lehman 2019 Baruch 76–74 Staten Island 2020 Brooklyn 62–55 Baruch 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Baruch 75–69 (OT) Lehman 2023 Baruch 83–82 (OT) Lehman 2024 Baruch 73–71 Lehman 2025 John Jay 80–70 Baruch 2026 Lehman 101–56 CCNY
Championship records School Finalsrecord Finalsappearances Years Staten Island 15–8 23 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 CCNY 11–7 18 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 2001, 2003 Hunter 7–5 12 1970, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 Baruch 6–7 13 2000, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Lehman 6–6 12 1974, 1975, 1984, 1987, 2004, 2026 Brooklyn 5–2 7 1973, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2020 York 4–8 12 1997, 2006, 2007, 2014 Medgar Evers 2–5 7 1991, 2011 John Jay 2–2 3 2008, 2025 Queens 1–7 8 1969 City Tech 1–1 2 2005
Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the CUNYAC
See also NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
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