The Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women'sbasketball championship tournament for the Mountain East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the MEC's establishment in 2013, with the first tournament taking place in 2014. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
| Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Mountain East Conference |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | WesBanco Arena |
| Current location | Wheeling, WV |
| Played | 2014–present |
| Current champion | Fairmont State (1st) |
| Most championships | Glenville State (5) |
| Official website | MEC women's basketball |
| Host stadiums | |
| WesBanco Arena (2019-present) Charleston Civic Center (2014–2018) | |
| Host locations | |
| Wheeling, WV (2019-present) Charleston, WV(2014–2018) | |
From 2014 to 2018, the tournament was hosted by the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Following several years of low attendance, the league announce it would move the event to the Wheeling Civic Center in Wheeling.
The winner receives the MEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Results
edit| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Glenville State | 74–50 | Charleston (WV) | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2015 | West Liberty | 76–55 | Notre Dame (OH) | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2016 | Wheeling Jesuit | 70–66 | West Liberty | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2017 | Wheeling Jesuit | 80–61 | Fairmont State | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2018 | Glenville State | 81–77 | Notre Dame (OH) | Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) |
| 2019 | Glenville State | 78–69 | Charleston (WV) | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2020 | Glenville State | 80–75 | Notre Dame (OH) | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2021 | Charleston | 87–80 | Glenville State | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2022 | Charleston | 80–77 | Glenville State | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2023 | Glenville State | 76–59 | Charleston | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
| 2024 | Fairmont State | 81–67 | West Virginia State | WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) |
Championship records
edit| School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville State | 5–2 | 7 | 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 |
| Charleston | 2–3 | 5 | 2021, 2022 |
| Wheeling (Wheeling Jesuit) |
2–0 | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Fairmont State | 1–1 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Liberty | 1–1 | 2 | 2015 |
| Notre Dame (OH) | 0–3 | 3 | |
| West Virginia State | 0–1 | 1 |
- Concord (WV), Davis & Elkins, Frostburg State, and West Virginia Wesleyan have yet to reach a tournament final.
- Alderson Broaddus, Shepherd, Urbana, and UVA Wise never qualified for the tournament finals as MEC members.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MEC Women's Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). Year-by-year records. Mountain East Conference. 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.