The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) men's basketball tournament is the annual conference

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championship tournament for the

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers C ...

. It is a

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and seeding is based on regular season records. Between 1951 and 1960, the regular season champion was declared league champion based on record alone. From 1961 to 1980, a singular championship game was held between the top two teams from the regular season standings. Finally, a tournament (of varying sizes, presently at 12) has been held each year since 1981. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the PSAC'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

Pre-tournament champions

*1951 – Lock Haven State *1952 – Lock Haven State *1953 – Bloomsburg State *1954 – Millersville State *1955 – Millersville State *1956 – Millersville State *1957 – Millersville State *1958 – Millersville State *1959 – West Chester State *1960 – Indiana State (PA)

Championship game only

Tournament championship game

Championship records

* Schools highlighted in pink are former PSAC members. * Shepherd is the only current PSAC member that has yet to reach the tournament final. However, Shepherd is the newest PSAC member, having joined in 2019.

References

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