CCAA men's basketball tournament
# CCAA men's basketball tournament

The California Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The tournament was held annually between 1986 and 1995, discontinued between 1996 and 2007, and then held annually again after it was re-established in 2008. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.

## Tournament format

Between 1986 and 1995, the tournament consisted of 4 teams playing a single-elimination tournament on the campus of one of the four teams. After the tournament was re-established in 2008, the tournament expanded to eight teams; first round matches were played on campus sites while the semifinal and final rounds were both played at one single site. Between 2008 and 2012, this site rotated between different campus gyms. After 2013, however, the tournament has been played at a pre-determined neutral arena.

## Results

| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | UC Riverside | 72–71 | Cal Poly–SLO | Mott Athletic Center (San Luis Obispo, CA) |
| 1987 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 70–58 | Cal Poly–SLO | Mott Athletic Center (San Luis Obispo, CA) |
| 1988 | Cal State Bakersfield | 66–56 | Cal Poly–SLO | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 1989 | UC Riverside | 87–83 | Chapman | UC Riverside Gymnasium (Riverside, CA) |
| 1990 | Cal State Bakersfield | 78–74 | UC Riverside | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 1991 | Cal State Bakersfield | 85–74 | Cal Poly Pomona | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 1992 | Cal State Bakersfield | 69–65 | UC Riverside | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 1993 | Cal State Bakersfield | 64–61 | UC Riverside | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 1994 | UC Riverside | 73–68 | Cal State Bakersfield | UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (Riverside, CA) |
| 1995 | Grand Canyon | 72–65 | UC Riverside | UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (Riverside, CA) |
| Tournament discontinued between 1996 and 2007 |||||
| 2008 | UC San Diego | 64–56 | Cal Poly Pomona | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 2009 | Cal State San Bernardino | 80–78 | Cal State Monterey Bay | Icardo Center (Bakersfield, CA) |
| 2010 | Cal State San Bernardino | 58–52 | Cal Poly Pomona | Lumberjack Arena (Arcata, CA) |
| 2011 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 51–50 | Humboldt State | Pioneer Gym (Hayward, CA) |
| 2012 | Humboldt State | 89–76 | Chico State | RIMAC (La Jolla, CA) |
| 2013 | Cal Poly Pomona | 78–64 | Chico State | Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) |
| 2014 | Cal State Stanislaus | 82–70 | Chico State | Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA) |
| 2015 | Cal Poly Pomona | 62–57 $^{OT}$ | Chico State | Stockton Arena (Stockton, CA) |
| 2016 | Humboldt State | 80–68 | UC San Diego | Stockton Arena (Stockton, CA) |
| 2017 | UC San Diego | 78–63 | San Francisco State | The Sports Center (San Marcos, CA) |
| 2018 | UC San Diego | 88–66 | Cal Poly Pomona | Kellogg Arena (Pomona, CA) |
| 2019 | UC San Diego | 71–62 | Cal Poly Pomona | Pioneer Gym (Hayward, CA) |
| 2020 | UC San Diego | 76–62 | Cal Poly Pomona | RIMAC Arena (La Jolla, CA) |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Cal State San Marcos | 85–71 | Cal State San Bernardino | Lumberjack Arena (Arcata, CA) |
| 2023 | Cal State San Bernardino | 88–81 | Cal State San Marcos | Fitzpatrick Arena (Turlock, CA) |

## Championship records

| School | Finals record | Finals appearances | Years |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 5–1 | 6 | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| UC San Diego | 5–1 | 6 | 2008, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| UC Riverside | 3–4 | 7 | 1986, 1989, 1994 |
| Cal State San Bernardino | 3–1 | 4 | 2009, 2010, 2023 |
| Cal Poly Pomona | 2–6 | 8 | 2013, 2015 |
| Humboldt State | 2–1 | 3 | 2012, 2016 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 2–0 | 2 | 1987, 2011 |
| Cal State San Marcos | 1–1 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cal State Stanislaus | 1–0 | 1 | 2014 |
| Grand Canyon | 1–0 | 1 | 1995 |
| Chico State | 0–4 | 4 | |
| Cal Poly–SLO | 0–3 | 3 | |
| San Francisco State | 0–1 | 1 | |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | 0–1 | 1 | |
| Chapman | 0–1 | 1 | |

* Cal State East Bay, Cal State Los Angeles, and Sonoma State have not yet qualified for the CCAA tournament finals.
* Cal State Northridge and UC Davis never qualified for the CCAA tournament finals as conference members.
* Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the CCAA.
