Collegiate basketball tournament
The Empire 8 men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Empire 8 conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2004. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[ 1]
The winner, declared Empire 8 champion, receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship .
Prior to 2004, the league championship was awarded to the team with the best regular-season record. Since the tournament's establishment, St. John Fisher was the most successful program, with 6 titles.
Results
Year
Champions
Score
Runner-up
2004
St. John Fisher
62–59
Utica
2005
St. John Fisher
92–51
RIT
2006
St. John Fisher
74–61
Utica
2007
St. John Fisher
78–73 (OT)
Utica
2008
Nazareth
64–63
St. John Fisher
2009
RIT
76–71 (OT)
Nazareth
2010
Nazareth
65–64
St. John Fisher
2011
Hartwick
69–58
St. John Fisher
2012
Ithaca
71–55
Nazareth
2013
Ithaca
70–55
Stevens Tech
2014
Hartwick
67–62
Nazareth
2015
St. John Fisher
77–62
Alfred
2016
Hartwick
93–91
St. John Fisher
2017
St. John Fisher
80–69
Stevens Tech
2018
Nazareth
66–64
Utica
2019
Alfred
90–78
St. John Fisher
2020
St. John Fisher
72–64
Nazareth
2021
Utica
89–65
St. John Fisher
2022
Nazareth
54–53
Utica
2023
St. John Fisher
78–62
Nazareth
2024
Utica
97–90
Nazareth
Championship records
School
Finals record
Finals appearances
Years
St. John Fisher
8–6
14
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023
Nazareth
4–6
10
2008, 2010, 2018, 2022
Hartwick
3–0
3
2011, 2014, 2016
Utica
2–5
7
2021, 2024
Ithaca
2–0
2
2012, 2013
Alfred
1–1
2
2019
RIT
1–1
2
2009
Stevens Tech
0–2
2
Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Empire 8
Elmira , Houghton , Keuka , and Sage have not yet qualified for the Empire 8 tournament finals
References
NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Defunct Early season Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason Defunct Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason