Past Men's Basketball Tournament Champions

Year Champion Runner-Up Location
1977 Charlotte New Orleans Charlotte, N.C.
1978 New Orleans South Alabama Charlotte, N.C.
1979 Jacksonville USF Charlotte, N.C.
1980 VCU UAB Charlotte, N.C.
1981 VCU UAB Jacksonville, Fla.
1982 UAB VCU Birmingham, Ala.
1983 UAB USF Birmingham, Ala.
1984 UAB Old Dominion Birmingham, Ala.
1985 VCU Old Dominion Hampton, Va.
1986 Jacksonville UAB Birmingham, Ala.
1987 UAB Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky.
1988 Charlotte VCU Richmond, Va.
1989 South Alabama Jacksonville Charlotte, N.C.
1990 USF Charlotte Birmingham, Ala.
1991 South Alabama Old Dominion Mobile, Ala.
1992 Louisiana Louisiana Tech Biloxi, Miss.
1993 Western Kentucky New Orleans Biloxi, Miss.
1994 Louisiana Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky.
1995 Western Kentucky Little Rock Little Rock, Ark.
1996 New Orleans Little Rock Little Rock, Ark.
1997 South Alabama Louisiana Tech Little Rock, Ark.
1998 South Alabama Louisiana Lafayette, La.
1999 Arkansas State Western Kentucky Lafayette, La.
2000 Louisiana South Alabama Little Rock, Ark.
2001 Western Kentucky South Alabama Mobile, Ala.
2002 Western Kentucky Louisiana New Orleans, La.
2003 Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee Bowling Green, Ky.
2004 *Louisiana New Orleans Bowling Green, Ky.
2005 *Louisiana Denver Denton, Texas
2006 South Alabama Western Kentucky Murfreesboro, Tenn.
2007 North Texas Arkansas State Lafayette, La.
2008 Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee Mobile, Ala.
2009 Western Kentucky South Alabama Hot Springs, Ark.
2010 North Texas Troy Hot Springs, Ark.
2011 Little Rock North Texas Hot Springs, Ark.
2012 Western Kentucky North Texas Hot Springs, Ark.
2013 Western Kentucky FIU Hot Springs, Ark.
2014 Louisiana Georgia State New Orleans, La.
2015 Georgia State Georgia Southern New Orleans, La.
2016  Little Rock ULM New Orleans, La.
2017 Troy Texas State New Orleans, La.
2018 Georgia State UTA New Orleans, La.
2019 Georgia State UTA New Orleans, La.
2021 App State Georgia State Pensacola, Fla.
2022 Georgia State Louisiana Pensacola, Fla.
2023 Louisiana South Alabama Pensacola, Fla.
2024 James Madison Arkansas State Pensacola, Fla.
2025 Troy Arkansas State Pensacola, Fla.