The American Rivers Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III American Rivers Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament was previously known as the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, changing its name with the league in 2018–19.
As conference champion, the winner receives the A-R-C's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Buena Vista are the most successful team, with 7 titles.
Results Record incomplete prior to 1999 YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1999 Upper Iowa 81–79 Simpson 2000 Buena Vista 85–74 Coe 2001 Wartburg 89–79 Buena Vista 2002 Buena Vista 85–73 Wartburg 2003 Buena Vista 72–70 Wartburg 2004 Buena Vista 70–48 Wartburg 2005 Buena Vista 79–68 Wartburg 2006 Buena Vista 69–66 Coe 2007 Loras 77–62 Buena Vista 2008 Loras 77–69 Buena Vista 2009 Cornell 58–56 Wartburg 2010 Central 99–79 Buena Vista 2011 Luther 57–48 Dubuque 2012 Buena Vista 54–52 Coe 2013 Dubuque 73–60 Wartburg 2014 Central 74–70 Luther 2015 Dubuque 81–73 Wartburg 2016 Central 92–80 Wartburg 2017 Wartburg 89–85 Central 2018 Nebraska Wesleyan 82–78 Central 2019 Nebraska Wesleyan 97–79 Loras 2020 Nebraska Wesleyan 76–50 Coe 2021 Dubuque 78–64 Buena Vista 2022 Dubuque 71–52 Buena Vista 2023Coe93–86Loras 2024 Loras 85–76 Nebraska Wesleyan 2025 Central 68–57 Nebraska Wesleyan 2026 Loras 83–62 Dubuque
Championship records Results incomplete before 1999 School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Buena Vista 7–6 13 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 Loras 4–2 6 2007, 2008, 2024, 2026 Central 4–2 6 2010, 2014, 2016, 2025 Dubuque 4–2 6 2013, 2015, 2021, 2022 Nebraska Wesleyan 3–2 5 2018, 2019, 2020 Wartburg 2–8 10 2001, 2017 Coe 1–4 5 2023 Luther 1–1 2 2011 Cornell 1–0 1 2009 Upper Iowa 1–0 1 1999 Simpson 0–1 1 Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the A-R-C/IIAC
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