The South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's
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 ...
. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a
single-elimination tournament
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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
The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball nati ...
.
Results
Notes
* † Wingate's championship from 2012 has been vacated.
Championship records
*
Emory & Henry,
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, 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
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South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament
The South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the South Atlantic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1992. It is a single-elimination tournament and se ...
References
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NCAA Division II women's basketball conference tournaments
Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1991