South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament

South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	South Atlantic Conference
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Played	1991–present
Current champion	Wingate (10th)
Most championships	Wingate (10)
Official website	SAC women's basketball

The South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the South Atlantic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

The tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

Results

Year	Champions	Score	Runner-up
1991	Wingate	71–68	Gardner–Webb
1992	Wingate (2)	70–69	Gardner–Webb
1993	Catawba	60–57	Wingate
1994	Wingate (3)	73–62	Mars Hill
1995	Presbyterian	74–68	Carson-Newman
1996	Wingate (4)	69–67 (OT)	Mars Hill
1997	Wingate (5)	71–56	Elon
1998	Presbyterian (2)	79–54	Carson-Newman
1999	Presbyterian (3)	69–66	Carson-Newman
2000	Presbyterian (4)	72–52	Gardner–Webb
2001	Catawba (2)	82–72	Wingate
2002	Mars Hill	85–71	Presbyterian
2003	Lenoir-Rhyne	77–75	Catawba
2004	Catawba (3)	74–70	Wingate
2005	Carson-Newman	64–43	Wingate
2006	Newberry	57–50	Tusculum
2007	Newberry (2)	67–62	Carson-Newman
2008	Wingate (6)	76–74	Tusculum
2009	Lenoir-Rhyne (2)	66–57	Tusculum
2010	Tusculum	67–55	Newberry
2011	Tusculum (2)	77–66	Wingate
2012	Wingate†	65–41	Catawba
2013	Anderson	55–52	Tusculum
2014	Wingate (7)	77–73	Lenoir-Rhyne
2015	Newberry (3)	64–58	Anderson
2016	Wingate (8)	67–61	Anderson
2017	Wingate (9)	81–61	Lincoln Memorial
2018	Carson-Newman (2)	79–70	Wingate
2019	Anderson (2)	62–60	Wingate
2020	Tusculum (3)	61–49	Anderson
2021	Tusculum (4)	59–47	Lincoln Memorial
2022	Carson-Newman (3)	83–58	Anderson (SC)
2023	Lenoir–Rhyne (3)	63–59	Anderson (SC)
2017	Wingate (10)	85–69	Carson-Newman

Notes

• † Wingate's championship from 2012 has been vacated.

Championship records

School	Finals Record	Finals Appearances	Years
Wingate	10–7	17	1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2024
Tusculum	4–4	8	2010, 2011, 2020, 2021
Presbyterian	4–1	5	1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
Carson–Newman	3–5	8	2005, 2013, 2022
Catawba	3–2	5	1993, 2001, 2004
Lenoir–Rhyne	3–1	4	2003, 2009, 2023
Newberry	3–1	4	2006, 2007, 2015
Anderson (SC)	2–5	7	2013, 2019
Mars Hill	1–2	3	2002
Gardner–Webb	0–3	3
Lincoln Memorial	0–2	2
Elon	0–1	1

• Coker, Emory & Henry, Limestone, and UVA Wise have not yet reached the finals of the SAC tournament.
• Brevard and Queens (NC) never reached the finals of the tournament while members of the SAC.
• Schools highlighted in pink are former SAC members.

See also

• South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament