The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1995. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the RMAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 1995 Chadron State 81–80 (OT) Fort Hays State Auraria Events Center (Denver, CO) 1996 Nebraska–Kearney 81–64 Mesa State 1997 Nebraska–Kearney 103–63 Mesa State 1998 Metro State 69–54 Mesa State 1999 Nebraska–Kearney 71–48 Regis 2000 Nebraska–Kearney 86–74 Regis Magness Arena (Denver, CO) 2001 Nebraska–Kearney 76–66 Mesa State 2002 Mesa State 67–63 Nebraska–Kearney 2003 Regis 82–64 Nebraska–Kearney Colorado Springs World Arena (Colorado Springs, CO) 2004 Nebraska–Kearney 59–44 Fort Lewis 2005 Metro State 61–57 Regis 2006 CSU Pueblo 0–0 Colorado Mines Colorado State Fair Events Center (Pueblo, CO) 2007 Regis 76–62 Metro State 2008 CSU Pueblo 70–54 Nebraska–Kearney 2009 CSU Pueblo 62–42 Colorado Mines 2010 CSU Pueblo 61–60 Fort Lewis 2011 Fort Lewis 65–57 Metro State 2012 Fort Lewis 87–78 Western State 2013 Colorado Mesa 60–47 Colorado Christian Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2014 Colorado Mesa 73–55 Black Hills State 2015 Colorado Christian 52–44 CSU Pueblo 2016 CSU Pueblo 72–61 Fort Lewis Massari Arena (Pueblo, CO) 2017 Colorado–Colorado Springs 53–37 Regis 2018 CSU Pueblo 84–69 Black Hills State 2019 Colorado Mesa 67–50 Westminster Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2020 Colorado Mesa 60–48 Westminster 2021 Black Hills State † Colorado Mines Lockridge Arena (Golden, CO) 2022 MSU Denver 76–68 CSU Pueblo Lockridge Arena (Golden, CO) 2023 Regis 65–61 Colorado Mines Regis Field House (Denver, CO) 2024 Regis 76–64 UCCS 2025 UCCS 63–61 Colorado Mesa Brownson Arena (Grand Junction, CO) 2026 Colorado Mesa 92–67 UCCS † Black Hills State was declared champion after the championship game was cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols.
Championship appearances by school School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Colorado Mesa(Mesa State) 6–5 11 2002, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2026 Nebraska–Kearney 6–4 10 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 CSU Pueblo(Southern Colorado) 6–2 8 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2018 Regis 4–4 8 2003, 2007, 2023, 2024 MSU Denver 3–2 5 1998, 2005, 2022 Fort Lewis 2–3 5 2011, 2012 UCCS 2–2 4 2017, 2025 Black Hills State 1–2 3† 2021 Colorado Christian 1–1 2 2015 Chadron State 1–0 1 1995 Colorado Mines 0–4 4† Westminster 0–2 2 Fort Hays State 0–1 1 Western Colorado 0–1 1
Adams State, New Mexico Highlands, and South Dakota Mines have yet to advance to the RMAC tournament final. Utah Tech (Dixie State) and Western New Mexico never qualified for the RMAC tournament final before departing the conference. Schools highlighted in pink are former RMAC members.
See also RMAC Men's Basketball Shootout
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