title: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1999. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records.
  
  The winner, declared conference champion, receives the HCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Site |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1999 | Franklin | 80–71 (2OT) | Manchester | North Manchester, IN |
  | 2000 | Franklin | 70–58 | Manchester | Franklin, IN |
  | 2001 | Defiance | 104–97 | Manchester | North Manchester, IN |
  | 2002 | Franklin | 92–87 | Defiance | Hanover, IN |
  | 2003 | Hanover | 79–60 | Anderson | Hanover, IN |
  | 2004 | Hanover | 61–48 | Franklin | Hanover, IN |
  | 2005 | Hanover | 66–56 | Franklin | Hanover, IN |
  | 2006 | Transylvania | 63–48 | Franklin | Lexington, KY |
  | 2007 | Transylvania | 77–64 | Defiance | Franklin, IN |
  | 2008 | Franklin | 82–76 | Defiance | Defiance, OH |
  | 2009 | Transylvania | 76–72 | Franklin | Lexington, KY |
  | 2010 | Defiance | 70–65 | Anderson | Anderson, IN |
  | 2011 | Manchester | 79–69 | Hanover | North Manchester, IN |
  | 2012 | Rose-Hulman | 76–73 (OT) | Transylvania | Lexington, KY |
  | 2013 | Rose-Hulman | 64–59 | Hanover | Terre Haute, IN |
  | 2014 | Rose-Hulman | 70–56 | Hanover | Terre Haute, IN |
  | 2015 | Defiance | 78–55 | Bluffton | Defiance, OH |
  | 2016 | Mount St. Joseph | 93–88 (OT) | Rose-Hulman | Defiance, OH |
  | 2017 | Hanover | 58–51 | Mount St. Joseph | Hanover, IN |
  | 2018 | Hanover | 80–70 | Rose-Hulman | Terre Haute, IN |
  | 2019 | Hanover | 76–73 | Transylvania | Hanover, IN |
  | 2020 | Transylvania | 49–48 | Rose–Hulman | Lexington, KY |
  | 2021 | Franklin | 73–54 | Transylvania | Lexington, KY |
  | 2022 | Franklin | 91–84 | Hanover | Hanover, IN |
  | 2023 | Anderson | 73–55 | Rose–Hulman | North Manchester, IN |
  
  ## Championship records
  
  | School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Franklin | 6–4 | 10 | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2021, 2022 |
  | Hanover | 6–4 | 10 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
  | Transylvania | 4–3 | 7 | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2020 |
  | Defiance | 3–3 | 6 | 2001, 2010, 2015 |
  | Rose-Hulman | 3–4 | 7 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
  | Manchester | 1–3 | 4 | 2011 |
  | Anderson | 1–2 | 3 | 2023 |
  | Mount St. Joseph | 1–1 | 2 | 2016 |
  | Bluffton | 0–1 | 1 | |
  
  * Earlham has not yet qualified for the HCAC tournament finals
  * Wabash and Wilmington (OH) never qualified for the tournament finals as members of the HCAC
  