The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the SIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Fort Valley State have been the most successful team at the CIAA tournament, with eleven championships.
History SIAC women's basketball tournamentYearChampionsRunner-up 1979 Tuskegee (1) Fort Valley State 1980 Albany State (1) Fort Valley State 1981 Albany State (2) Fort Valley State 1982 Clark (1) Fort Valley State 1983 Tuskegee (2) Albany State 1984 Alabama A&M (1) Fort Valley State 1985 Clark (2) Albany State 1986 Clark (3) Alabama A&M 1987 Albany State (3) Alabama A&M 1988 Fort Valley State (1) Alabama A&M 1989 Albany State (4) Fort Valley State 1990 Albany State (5) Tuskegee 1991 Alabama A&M (2) Paine 1992 Fort Valley State (2) Alabama A&M 1993 Fort Valley State (3) Savannah State 1994 LeMoyne–Owen (1) Alabama A&M 1995 Fort Valley State (4) Albany State 1996 Albany State (6) Clark Atlanta 1997 Kentucky State (1) Alabama A&M 1998 Albany State (7) Clark Atlanta 1999 Clark Atlanta (4) Fort Valley State 2000 Fort Valley State (5) Kentucky State 2001 Fort Valley State (6) Clark Atlanta 2002 Fort Valley State (7) Tuskegee 2003 Fort Valley State (8) Tuskegee 2004 Benedict (1) Tuskegee 2005 Paine (1) Fort Valley State 2006 Paine (2) Fort Valley State 2007 Benedict (2) Fort Valley State 2008 Tuskegee (3) Kentucky State 2009 Fort Valley State (9) Clark Atlanta 2010 Benedict (3) Stillman 2011 Fort Valley State (10) Miles 2012 Fort Valley State (11) Tuskegee 2013 Clark Atlanta (5) Benedict 2014 Benedict (4) Albany State 2015 Albany State (8) Benedict 2016 Benedict (5) Kentucky State 2017 Benedict (6) Central State 2018 Clark Atlanta (6) Central State 2019 Lane (1) Kentucky State 2020 Benedict (7) Tuskegee 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Benedict (8) Savannah State SIAC women's basketball tournamentYearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2023 Tuskegee (4) 72–65 Miles Tiger Arena (Savannah, GA) 2024 Miles 75–72 Kentucky State 2025 Miles 68–54 Tuskegee Forbes Arena (Atlanta, GA) 2026 Miles 59–52 Lane Clayton County Convocation Center (Clayton, GA)
Championship records School Titles Years Fort Valley State 11 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012 Benedict 8 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 Albany State 8 1980, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2015 Clark 6 1982, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2013, 2018 Tuskegee 4 1979, 1983, 2008, 2023 Miles 3 2024, 2025, 2026 Paine 2 2005, 2006 Alabama A&M 2 1984, 1991 Lane 1 2019 Kentucky State 1 1997 LeMoyne–Owen 1 1994
Allen, Central State (OH), Edward Waters, Savannah State, and Spring Hill have not yet won the SIAC tournament Claflin, Fisk, Knoxville, Morris Brown, Paine, Rust, and Stillman never won the tournament as SIAC members Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the SIAC
See also SIAC men's basketball tournament
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