Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament
Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | Florida Southern (25) |
Official website | SSC men's basketball |
The Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference
NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship
.
Results
Year | Champions | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue |
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1978 | Central Florida | 103–66 | Rollins | Jerry Prather, Central Florida | Lakeland Civic Center (Lakeland, FL )
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1979 | Florida Southern
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57–51 | Rollins | Lester Wright, Florida Southern | UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) |
1980 | Florida Southern | 100–74 | Rollins | Kurt Alston, Florida Southern | UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) |
1981 | Florida Southern | 86–77 | Central Florida | John Ebeling, Florida Southern | UCF Education Gymnasium (Orlando, FL) |
1982 | Biscayne College | 68–66 | Central Florida | Perry Smith, Biscayne | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
1983 | Florida Southern | 93–74 | Central Florida | Tom Ridley, Florida Southern | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
1984 | Tampa | 53–52 | Central Florida | Todd Linder, Tampa | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
1985 | Tampa | 57–52 | Florida Southern | Todd Linder, Tampa | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1986 | Florida Southern | 73–66 | Saint Leo | Glenn Hanson, Florida Southern | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1987 | Florida Southern | 70–66 | Tampa | Todd Linder, Tampa | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
1988 | Florida Southern | 63–62 | Tampa | Jerry Johnson, Florida Southern | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
1989 | Florida Southern | 68–67 | Tampa | Kris Kearney, Florida Southern | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1990 | Florida Southern | 69–67 | Tampa | Michael Dean, Florida Southern | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1991 | Florida Southern | 77–66 | Florida Tech | Derek Flowers, Florida Southern | Enyart-Alumni Field House (Winter Park, FL) |
1992 | Rollins | 74–64 | Barry | David Wolf, Rollins | Enyart-Alumni Field House (Winter Park, FL) |
1993 | Florida Southern | 71–67 | Tampa | DeCarlo Deveaux, Tampa | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1994 | Eckerd | 77–71OT | Tampa | Rodney Chatman, Eckerd | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
1995 | Tampa | 77–75 | Eckerd | Idris Mays, Tampa | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
1996 | Florida Southern | 53–49 | North Florida | Chris Sneed, North Florida | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
1997 | Tampa | 73–67 | Florida Southern | Puncho Farquarson, Tampa | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
1998 | Florida Southern | 68–66OT | Florida Tech | Eric Osborne, Florida Southern | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
1999 | Florida Southern | 53–52 | Lynn | Innocent Kere, Florida Southern | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
2000 | Florida Southern | 63–54 | Florida Tech | Innocent Kere, Florida Southern | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
2001 | Florida Southern | 81–76 | Barry | Nick Railsback, Florida Southern | Lakeland Center (Lakeland, FL) |
2002 | Tampa | 62–45 | Florida Southern | Jon Brown, Tampa | Clemente Center (Melbourne, FL) |
2003 | Florida Southern | 81–68 | Rollins | Matt Story, Florida Southern | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
2004 | Eckerd | 67–57 | Florida Southern | Steve Berg, Eckerd | Alfond Sports Center (Winter Park, FL) |
2005 | Lynn | 63–50 | Eckerd | Justin Wingard, Lynn | Health and Sports Center (Miami Shores, FL) |
2006 | Rollins | 57–56 | Barry | John Thinnes, Rollins | Marion Bowman Activities Center ( Saint Leo, FL )
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2007 | Eckerd | 67–52 | Rollins | Matt Centaus, Eckerd | Sports and Cultural Center (Boca Raton, FL) |
2008 | Florida Southern | 83–81OT | Tampa | Braxton Williams, Florida Southern | Bob Martinez Athletics Center (Tampa, FL) |
2009 | Florida Southern | 77–76OT | Rollins | Rob Eldridge, Florida Southern | Don Taft University Center (Davie, FL) |
2010 | Rollins | 66–59 | Barry | Myk Brown, Rollins | Don Taft University Center (Davie, FL) |
2011 | Rollins | 75–66 | Eckerd | Nick Wolf, Rollins | Clemente Center (Melbourne, FL) |
2012 | Florida Southern | 61–58 | Saint Leo | Seth Evans, Florida Southern | Jenkins Field House (Lakeland, FL) |
2013 | Florida Southern | 72–66 | Rollins | Seth Evans, Florida Southern | Silver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) |
2014 | Florida Southern | 84–74 | Tampa | Kevin Capers, Florida Southern | Silver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) |
2015 | Florida Southern | 93–83 | Barry | Kevin Capers, Florida Southern | Silver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee, FL) |
2016 | Eckerd | 87–84 | Barry | E. J. Moody, Eckerd | ICI Center (Daytona Beach, FL) |
2017 | Rollins | 71–70 | Palm Beach Atlantic | Jeff Merton, Rollins | ICI Center (Daytona Beach, FL) |
2018 | Eckerd | 96–71 | Barry | Marco Behori, Eckerd | Jenkins Fieldhouse (Lakeland, FL) |
2019 | Florida Southern | 92–84 | Nova Southeastern | Brett Hanson, Florida Southern | Don Taft University Center (Davie, FL) |
2020 | Florida Southern | 118–109 | Nova Southeastern | Brett Hanson, Florida Southern | Jenkins Fieldhouse (Lakeland, FL) |
2021 | Saint Leo | 83-70 | Florida Southern | Frank Webb Jr., Saint Leo | Marion Bowman Activities Center (Saint Leo, FL) |
2022 | Nova Southeastern | 98-85 | Barry | RJ Sunahara, Nova Southeastern | Rick Case Arena (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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2023 | Nova Southeastern | 92–69 | Embry–Riddle
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Will Yoakum, Nova Southeastern | |
2024 | Nova Southeastern | 87–76 | Barry | Shane Hunter, Nova Southeastern |
Championship records
School | Finals Record | Finals Appearances | Years |
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Florida Southern
|
25–4 | 29 | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 |
Tampa | 5–8 | 13 | 1984, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2002 |
Rollins | 5–7 | 12 | 1992, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017 |
Eckerd | 5–3 | 8 | 1994, 2004, 2007, 2016, 2018 |
Nova Southeastern | 3–2 | 5 | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
UCF | 1–4 | 5 | 1978 |
Saint Leo | 1–2 | 3 | 2021 |
Lynn | 1–1 | 2 | 2005 |
St. Thomas (FL) (Biscayne College) |
1–0 | 1 | 1982 |
Barry | 0–9 | 9 | |
Florida Tech | 0–3 | 3 | |
Embry–Riddle | 0–1 | 1 | |
Palm Beach Atlantic | 0–1 | 1 | |
North Florida | 0–1 | 1 |
- Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Sunshine State Conference
See also
References
- ^ "Sunshine State Conference men's basketball tournament History" (PDF). Tournament records. Sunshine State Conference. 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.