The Sunshine State Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1982. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament champion receives the SSC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Florida Southern have been the most successful program, with twelve titles.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenueMVP 1982 Central Florida 56–39 Florida Southern Orlando, FL Teresa Tinsley, Central Florida 1983 Central Florida (2) 61–56 Florida Southern Lakeland, FL Karen Harvey, Central Florida 1984 Central Florida (3) 61–56 Florida Southern Dorine VanTongeren, Central Florida 1985 Florida Southern 94–81 Tampa Tampa, FL Cathy Fox, Tampa 1986 Florida Southern (2) 86–60 Tampa Kelly Carson, Florida Southern 1987 Florida Southern (3) 94–89 Rollins Lakeland, FL Kim Disbro, Florida Southern 1988 Rollins 77–73 Florida Southern Eileen Tobin, Rollins 1989 Florida Southern (4) 82–75 Rollins Tampa, FL Nanci Parks, Florida Southern 1990 Rollins (2) 72–63 Florida Tech Winter Park, FL Kendra Lasher, Rollins 1991 Barry 87–75 Rollins Maria Teal, Barry 1992 Florida Tech 71–66 Florida Southern Margaret Farley, Florida Tech 1993 Florida Tech (2) 87–75 Florida Southern Tampa, FL Paulette King, Florida Tech 1994 Florida Southern (5) 59–53 North Florida Cindy Shannon, Florida Southern 1995 Florida Southern (6) 78–67 TampaLakeland, FLCrystal Ashley, TampaKelly Charron, Florida Southern 1996 Florida Southern (7) 76–64 Florida Tech Tarra Blackwell, Florida Southern 1997 Florida Tech (3) 70–59 Barry Sanja Radenkovic, Florida Tech 1998 Florida Southern (8) 94–77 Rollins Tarra Blackwell, Florida Southern 1999 Rollins (3) 89–80 Florida Southern Nicole Sullivan, Rollins 2000 Tampa 79–76 Rollins Africa Gaston, Tampa 2001 Rollins (4) 93–76 Florida Tech Jill Razor, Rollins 2002 Florida Tech (4) 59–56 Rollins Melbourne, FL Kenya Storr, Rollins 2003 Florida Southern (9) 71–62 (OT) Rollins Lakeland, FL Lucresia West, Florida Southern 2004 Rollins (5) 78–63 Florida Tech Winter Park, FL Mary Lou Johnston, Rollins 2005 Rollins (6) 65–56 Florida Tech Miami Shores, FL Joslyn Giles, Rollins 2006 Tampa (2) 56–47 Rollins Saint Leo, FL Tay Mathis, Tampa 2007 Tampa (3) 68–66 (OT) Rollins Boca Raton, FL Alexa Kane, Tampa 2008 Nova Southeastern 53–47 Tampa Tampa, FL Stephanie Sarosi, Nova Southeastern 2009 Tampa (4) 55–29 BarryDavie, FL Gianna Messina, Tampa 2010 Lynn 54–52 Barry Chelsea Patterson, Lynn 2011 Florida Southern (10) 79–66 Florida Tech Melbourne, FL Emma Cannon, Florida Southern 2012 Rollins (7) 71–68 Florida Southern Lakeland, FL Ashley Jones, Rollins 2013 Rollins (8) 74–59 Saint LeoKissimmee, FL Tera McDaniel, Rollins 2014 Nova Southeastern (2) 64–55 Tampa Taylor Buie, Nova Southeastern 2015 Nova Southeastern (3) 61–51 Barry Danielle Robinson, Nova Southeastern 2016 Tampa (5) 68–57 Florida TechDaytona Beach, FL Juliana Cavallaro, Tampa 2017 Eckerd 77–56 Florida Tech Ada Yalcin, Eckerd 2018 Florida Southern (11) 87–68 Florida Tech Lakeland, FLCamille Giardina, Florida Southern 2019 Florida Southern (12) 61–60 Eckerd 2020 Eckerd (2) 79–67 Tampa Tampa, FL Mikayla Kuehne, Eckerd 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Tampa (6) 74–67 (OT) Florida Southern Tampa, FL LaShayla Wright-Ponder, Tampa 2023 Tampa (7) 63–43 Lynn Tampa, FL Sarah Jones, Tampa 2024 Eckerd (3) 65–57 Tampa Tampa, FL Lauryn Vieira, Eckerd 2025 Embry–Riddle 55–51 Nova Southeastern Daytona Beach, FL Madyson Jean-Louis, Embry–Riddle 2026 Nova Southeastern (4) 78–74 Florida Southern Fort Lauderdale, FL Bridie McCann, Nova Southeastern
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Florida Southern 12–10 22 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2018, 2019 Rollins 8–9 17 1988, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013 Tampa 7–7 14 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2022, 2023 Florida Tech 4–9 13 1992, 1993, 1997, 2002 Nova Southeastern 4–1 5 2008, 2014, 2015, 2026 Eckerd 3–1 4 2017, 2020, 2024 UCF 3–0 3 1982, 1983, 1984 Barry 1–4 5 1991 Lynn 1–1 2 2010 Embry–Riddle 1–0 1 2025 North Florida 0–1 1 Saint Leo 0–1 1 Palm Beach Atlantic have not yet reached the championship game of the Sunshine State Conference tournament. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Sunshine State Conference
See also NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament
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