title: SIAC men's basketball tournament
text: # SIAC men's basketball tournament
  
  The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference men's basketball championship tournament for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1934. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
  
  The winner receives the SIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
  
  Florida A&M have been the most successful team at the SIAC tournament, with twelve championships.
  
  ## History
  
  SIAC men's basketball tournament :
  
  | Year | Champions | Runner-Up |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1934 | Tuskegee (1) | Clark |
  | 1935 | Alabama State (1) | LeMoyne–Owen |
  | 1936 | Alabama State (2) | Morehouse |
  | 1937 | Morehouse (1) | Clark |
  | 1938 | Xavier Louisiana (1) | Clark |
  | 1939 | Xavier Louisiana (2) | Morehouse |
  | 1940 | Clark (1) | Florida A&M |
  | 1941 | Xavier Louisiana (3) | Tuskegee |
  | 1942 | Florida A&M (1) | Tuskegee |
  | 1943 | South Carolina State (1) | Xavier Louisiana |
  | 1944 | Tuskegee (2) | Clark |
  | 1945 | Florida A&M (2) | Alabama State |
  | 1946 | Morehouse (2) | Tuskegee |
  | 1947 | Florida A&M (3) | Alabama State |
  | 1948 | Tuskegee (3) | South Carolina State |
  | 1949 | Morris Brown (1) | Florida A&M |
  | 1950 | Morris Brown (2) | Florida A&M |
  | 1951 | Morris Brown (3) | Florida A&M |
  | 1952 | Florida A&M (4) | Alabama State |
  | 1953 | Bethune–Cookman (1) | Xavier Louisiana |
  | 1954 | Clark (2) | Florida A&M |
  | 1955 | Florida A&M (5) | |
  | 1956 | Knoxville (1) | Morehouse |
  | 1957 | Florida A&M (6) | Tuskegee |
  | 1958 | Florida A&M (7) | Benedict |
  | 1959 | Morris Brown (4) | Morehouse |
  | 1960 | Florida A&M (8) | South Carolina State |
  | 1961 | Benedict (1) | South Carolina State |
  | 1962 | Florida A&M (9) | South Carolina State |
  | 1963 | Fisk (1) | Clark |
  | 1964 | South Carolina State (2) | Florida A&M |
  | 1965 | Clark (3) | Bethune–Cookman |
  | 1966 | South Carolina State (3) | Clark |
  | 1967 | Florida A&M (10) | South Carolina State |
  | 1968 | Bethune–Cookman (2) | Florida A&M |
  | 1969 | Fort Valley State (1) | Tuskgee |
  | 1970 | Savannah State (1) | Alabama State |
  | 1971 | Alabama State (3) | Albany State |
  | 1972 | Alabama State (4) | Bethune–Cookman |
  | 1973 | Albany State (1) | Alabama State |
  | 1974 | Fisk (2) | Florida A&M |
  | 1975 | Alabama A&M (1) | Miles |
  | 1976 | Alabama A&M (2) | Fisk |
  | 1977 | Florida A&M (11) | Bethune–Cookman |
  | 1978 | Florida A&M (12) | Bethune–Cookman |
  | 1979 | Tuskegee (4) | Florida A&M |
  | 1980 | Bethune–Cookman (3) | Benedict |
  | 1981 | Morehouse (3) | Clark |
  | 1982 | Morris Brown (5) | Albany State |
  | 1983 | Albany State (2) | Fort Valley State |
  | 1984 | Albany State (3) | Tuskegee |
  | 1985 | Albany State (4) | Savannah State |
  | 1986 | Alabama A&M (3) | Morris Brown |
  | 1987 | Alabama A&M (4) | Clark |
  | 1988 | Alabama A&M (5) | Albany State |
  | 1989 | Alabama A&M (6) | Paine |
  | 1990 | Morehouse (4) | Albany State |
  | 1991 | Morehouse (5) | Miles |
  | 1992 | Albany State (5) | Alabama A&M |
  | 1993 | Alabama A&M (7) | LeMoyne–Owen |
  | 1994 | Paine (1) | Alabama A&M |
  | 1995 | Alabama A&M (8) | Morehouse |
  | 1996 | Alabama A&M (9) | Morehouse |
  | 1997 | Albany State (6) | Clark Atlanta |
  | 1998 | Fort Valley State (2) | Morehouse |
  | 1999 | Paine (2) | Clark Atlanta |
  | 2000 | LeMoyne–Owen (1) | Fort Valley State |
  | 2001 | Kentucky State (1) | Fort Valley State |
  | 2002 | Paine (3) | Morehouse |
  | 2003 | Morehouse (6) | Miles |
  | 2004 | Benedict (2) | Morehouse |
  | 2005 | Lane (1) | Albany State |
  | 2006 | Stillman (1) | Miles |
  | 2007 | Albany State (7) | Fort Valley State |
  | 2008 | Benedict (3) | Tuskegee |
  | 2009 | LeMoyne–Owen (2) | Clark Atlanta |
  | 2010 | Tuskegee (5) | Clark Atlanta |
  | 2011 | Clark Atlanta (4) | Stillman |
  | 2012 | Benedict (4) | LeMoyne–Owen |
  | 2013 | Benedict (5) | Morehouse |
  | 2014 | Tuskegee (6) | Fort Valley State |
  | 2015 | Benedict (6) | Lane |
  | 2016 | Stillman (2) | LeMoyne–Owen |
  | 2017 | Clark Atlanta (5) | Fort Valley State |
  | 2018 | Claflin (1) | Clark Atlanta |
  | 2019 | Miles (1) | LeMoyne–Owen |
  | 2020 | Miles (2) | Albany State |
  | 2021 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic |
  | 2022 | Savannah State (2) | Benedict |
  | 2023 | Miles (3) | Benedict |
  
  ## Championship records
  
  | School | Titles | Years |
  | - | - | - |
  | Florida A&M | 12 | 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1977, 1978 |
  | Alabama A&M | 9 | 1975, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 |
  | Albany State | 7 | 1973, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2007 |
  | Benedict | 6 | 1961, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
  | Tuskegee | 6 | 1934, 1944, 1948, 1979, 2010, 2014 |
  | Morehouse | 6 | 1937, 1946, 1981, 1990, 1991, 2003 |
  | Clark Atlanta (Clark) | 5 | 1940, 1954, 1965, 2011, 2017 |
  | Morris Brown | 5 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1959, 1982 |
  | Alabama State | 4 | 1935, 1936, 1971, 1972 |
  | Miles | 3 | 2019, 2020, 2023 |
  | Paine | 3 | 1994, 1999, 2002 |
  | Bethune–Cookman | 3 | 1953, 1968, 1980 |
  | South Carolina State | 3 | 1943, 1964, 1966 |
  | Xavier Louisiana | 3 | 1938, 1939, 1941 |
  | Savannah State | 2 | 1970, 2022 |
  | Stillman | 2 | 2006, 2016 |
  | LeMoyne–Owen | 2 | 2000, 2009 |
  | Fort Valley State | 2 | 1969, 1998 |
  | Fisk | 2 | 1963, 1974 |
  | Claflin | 1 | 2018 |
  | Lane | 1 | 2005 |
  | Kentucky State | 1 | 2001 |
  | Knoxville | 1 | 1956 |
  
  * Allen, Central State (OH), Edward Waters, and Spring Hill have not yet won the SIAC tournament
  * Rust and Talladega never won the tournament as SIAC members
  * Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the SIAC
  