| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 1975–present |
| Current champion | Fayetteville State (6th) |
| Most championships | Shaw (11) |
| Official website | CIAA women's basketball |
TheCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women'sbasketball championship tournament for theCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The tournament has been held annually since 1975. It is asingle-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the CIAA's automatic bid to theNCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.[1]
Shaw have been the most successful team at the CIAA tournament, with eleven championships.
| Year | Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Norfolk State (1) | |
| 1976 | Shaw (1) | |
| 1977 | Norfolk State (2) | |
| 1978 | St. Augustine's (1) | |
| 1979 | Fayetteville State (1) | |
| 1980 | Virginia State (1) | |
| 1981 | Virginia State (2) | |
| 1982 | Virginia Union (1) | |
| 1983 | Norfolk State (3) | |
| 1984 | North Carolina Central (1) | |
| 1985 | Hampton (1) | |
| 1986 | Norfolk State (4) | |
| 1987 | Hampton (2) | |
| 1988 | Virginia State (3) | |
| 1989 | Shaw (2) | |
| 1990 | Virginia State (4) | |
| 1991 | Norfolk State (5) | |
| 1992 | Norfolk State (6) | |
| 1993 | Norfolk State (7) | |
| 1994 | Hampton (3) | |
| 1995 | Norfolk State (8) | |
| 1996 | Norfolk State (9) | |
| 1997 | Bowie State (1) | |
| 1998 | Bowie State (2) | |
| 1999 | Bowie State (3) | |
| 2000 | Livingstone (1) | |
| 2001 | Fayetteville State (2) | |
| 2002 | Virginia State (5) | |
| 2003 | Shaw (3) | |
| 2004 | Shaw (4) | |
| 2005 | Shaw (5) | |
| 2006 | Shaw (6) | |
| 2007 | North Carolina Central (2) | |
| 2008 | Shaw (7) | |
| 2009 | Johnson C. Smith (1) | |
| 2010 | Fayetteville State (3) | |
| 2011 | Shaw (8) | |
| 2012 | Shaw (9) | |
| 2013 | Shaw (10) | |
| 2014 | Shaw (11) | |
| 2015 | Virginia State (6) | |
| 2016 | Virginia Union (2) | |
| 2017 | Johnson C. Smith (2) | |
| 2018 | Virginia Union (3) | |
| 2019 | Virginia Union (4) | |
| 2020 | Fayetteville State (4) | |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2022 | Lincoln (PA) (1) | |
| 2023 | Elizabeth City State (1) | |
| 2024 | Fayetteville State (5) | |
| 2025 | Fayetteville State (5) | |
| School | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Shaw | 11 | 1976, 1989, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Norfolk State | 9 | 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 |
| Fayetteville State | 6 | 1979, 2001, 2010, 2020, 2024, 2025 |
| Virginia State | 6 | 1980, 1981, 1988, 1990, 2002, 2015 |
| Virginia Union | 4 | 1982, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| Bowie State | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Hampton | 3 | 1985, 1987, 1994 |
| North Carolina Central | 2 | 1984, 2007 |
| Johnson C. Smith | 2 | 2009, 2017 |
| Elizabeth City State | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln (PA) | 1 | 2022 |
| Livingstone | 1 | 2000 |
| St. Augustine's | 1 | 1978 |
| Members |  | |
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