The Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Presidents' Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the PAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results Record is incomplete prior to 2002 YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2002 Bethany 89–74 Grove City Bethany, WV 2003 Grove City 60–59 Thiel Greenville, PA 2004 Westminster 97–88 Bethany New Wilmington, PA 2005 Bethany 94–78 Washington & Jefferson Bethany, WV 2006 Bethany 95–64 Waynesburg Bethany, WV 2007 Grove City 60–58 Washington & Jefferson Washington, PA 2008 Bethany 90–76 Washington & Jefferson Bethany, WV 2009 Thomas More 91–65 Bethany Crestview Hills, KY 2010 Grove City 78–61 Thomas More Grove City, PA 2011 Bethany 74–67 Thiel Greenville, PA 2012 Bethany 58–53 Thomas More Bethany, WV 2013 Saint Vincent 81–67 Thomas More Latrobe, PA 2014 Saint Vincent 90–84 Thomas More Crestview Hills, KY 2015 Saint Vincent 72–66 Waynesburg Latrobe, PA 2016 Saint Vincent 65–62 Thomas More Latrobe, PA 2017 Thomas More 79–78 Saint Vincent Latrobe, PA 2018 Thomas More 78–73 Bethany Crestview Hills, KY 2019 Chatham 64–61 Westminster New Wilmington, PA 2020 Grove City 86–70 Geneva Grove City, PA 2021 Westminster 73–62 Grove City New Wilmington, PA 2022 Washington & Jefferson 68–63 Chatham Washington, PA 2023 Chatham 76–73 Allegheny Meadville, PA 2024 Geneva 83–63 Saint Vincent Beaver Falls, PA 2025 Chatham 81–69 Washington & Jefferson Pittsburgh, PA 2026 Washington & Jefferson 68–61 Westminster Washington, PA
Championship records Results incomplete before 2002 School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Bethany 6–3 9 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 Grove City 4–2 6 2003, 2007, 2010, 2020 Saint Vincent 4–2 6 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Thomas More 3–5 8 2009, 2017, 2018 Chatham 3–1 4 2019, 2023, 2025 Washington & Jefferson 2–4 6 2022, 2026 Westminster 2–2 4 2004, 2021 Geneva 1–1 2 2024 Waynesburg 0–2 2 Thiel 0–2 2 Allegheny 0–1 1 Franciscan and Hiram have not yet qualified for the tournament final. During the existence of the PAC tournament, Hiram has only been a member since 2025–26; it had been a member from 1971–1989. Saint Francis will play its first PAC season in 2026–27. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the PAC.
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