The South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference
basketball
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championship tournament for the
South Atlantic Conference
The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the southeastern United States. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a ...
. The tournament has been held annually since 1992. It is a
single-elimination tournament
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and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament (officially styled by the NCAA as a "Championship" instead of a "Tournament") is an annual championship tournament for colleges and universities that are members of NCAA Division II, a grouping of ...
.
Results
Championship records
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Coker,
Emory & Henry,
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, and
UVA Wise have not yet reached the finals of the SAC tournament.
* Schools highlighted in pink are former SAC members.
See also
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South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament
References
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NCAA Division II men's basketball conference tournaments
Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1992