The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Valley Conference . The tournament was established in 1998, twenty years after the conference was founded in 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[ 1]
The tournament bracket has included as few as seven teams and as many as fifteen. The most common format has featured eight teams competing at the same predesignated neutral site as the GLVC men's basketball tournament . In 1998, 2008, 2009, and 2021, the quarterfinals were played on campus sites and the final four was held on the home court of the highest seed surviving the quarterfinals.
The tournament winner is conference champion and receives the GLVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament .
Drury has won the most tournaments, with ten.
Results
Year
Champions
Score
Runner-up
Site
1998
Southern Indiana
83–70
SIU Edwardsville
PAC Arena, University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN )
1999
Northern Kentucky
74–72
Bellarmine
Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN )
2000
Northern Kentucky (2)
77–57
Indianapolis
2001
Southern Indiana (2)
95–73
Northern Kentucky
2002
Southern Indiana (3)
89–79
Northern Kentucky
2003
Indianapolis
74–63
Quincy
2004
Quincy
57–45
Indianapolis
2005
Quincy (2)
66–60
Indianapolis
2006
Northern Kentucky (3)
86–73
Drury
2007
Lewis
69–52
Drury
2008
Drury
71–67
Northern Kentucky
Weiser Gym, Drury University (Springfield, MO )
2009
Northern Kentucky (4)
77–72
Quincy
Pepsi Arena, Quincy University (Quincy, IL )
2010
Drury (2)
68–63
Wisconsin–Parkside
The Recreation and Athletic Center , University of Illinois - Springfield (Springfield, IL )
2011
Lewis (2)
71–68
Indianapolis
Moloney Arena, Maryville University (Town and Country, MO )
2012
Maryville
75–62
Kentucky Wesleyan
Prairie Capital Convention Center (Springfield, IL)
2013
Lewis (3)
76–61
Maryville
Ford Center (Evansville, IN)
2014
Truman State
58–45
Maryville
2015
Drury (3)
68–65
Southern Indiana
Family Arena (St. Charles, MO )
2016
Bellarmine
89–78
Quincy
2017
Drury (4)
67–63
Lewis
Ford Center (Evansville, IN)
2018
Drury (5)
62–52
Southern Indiana
Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL )
2019
Drury (6)
94–48
Bellarmine
2020
Drury (7)
77–55
Lewis
2021
Drury (8)
76–70
Truman State
O'Reilly Family Event Center, Drury University (Springfield, MO)
2022
Drury (9)
76–47
Lewis
Vadalabene Center (Edwardsville, IL)
2023
Drury (10)
71-52
Lewis
Hyland Performance Arena (St. Charles, MO)
2024
Lewis (4)
79-67
Drury
Championship records
School
Finals Record
Finals Appearances
Championship Years
Drury
10–3
13
2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Lewis
4–3
7
2007, 2011, 2013, 2024
Northern Kentucky
4–3
7
1999, 2000, 2006, 2009
Southern Indiana
3–2
5
1998, 2001, 2002
Quincy
2–3
5
2004, 2005
Indianapolis
1–4
5
2003
Maryville
1–3
4
2012
Bellarmine
1–2
3
2016
Truman State
1–1
2
2014
Kentucky Wesleyan
0–1
1
SIU Edwardsville
0–1
1
Wisconsin–Parkside
0–1
1
Illinois–Springfield , McKendree , Missouri S&T , Missouri–St. Louis , Rockhurst , Southwest Baptist , Upper Iowa , and William Jewell have not yet reached the finals of the GLVC tournament.
Lincoln (MO) will play its first GLVC season in 2024–25.
IPFW , Lindenwood , and Saint Joseph's never reached the tournament finals before departing the GLVC.
Schools highlighted in pink are former GLVC members, as of the 2024–25 season.
See also
References
Members Women's bowling affiliates Women's lacrosse affiliates Stunt affiliate (from 2025–26) Men's volleyball affiliates (from 2025–26)
NCAA women's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III