The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) men's basketball tournament is the annual men's
basketball
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championship tournament for the
Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its thirteen member institutions are located in the U.S. states of Illinois ...
. The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was founded in 1978. It is a
single-elimination tournament
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and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament bracket has included as few as seven teams and as many as fifteen. The most common format has featured eight teams competing at the same predesignated neutral site as the
GLVC women's basketball tournament. In 1998, 2008, 2009, and 2021, the quarterfinals were played on campus sites and the final four was held on the home court of the highest seed surviving the quarterfinals.
The tournament winner is conference champion and receives the GLVC's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Former members
Kentucky Wesleyan and
Bellarmine have won the most tournaments, with five apiece.
Results
Championship records
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Illinois–Springfield,
Maryville,
Missouri S&T,
Rockhurst
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History
In 1909, Fr. ...
,
Southwest Baptist, and
William Jewell have not yet reached the finals of the GLVC tournament.
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Lindenwood,
IPFW, and
SIU Edwardsville never reached the tournament finals before departing the GLVC.
* Schools highlighted in pink are former GLVC members.
See also
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Great Lakes Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was fo ...
References
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NCAA Division II men's basketball conference tournaments
Basketball Tournament, Men's
Recurring sporting events established in 1998