| Year |
Champion |
Runner-Up |
Score |
| 2026 | Howard College (TX) | College of Southern Idaho | 82-67 |
| 2025 | Trinity Valley Community College (TX) | Connors State College (OK) | 69-61 |
| 2024 | Barton Community College (KS) | Triton College (IL) | 88-73 |
| 2023 | John A. Logan College (IL) | Northwest Florida State College | 73-70 |
| 2022 | Northwest Florida State College | Salt Lake Community College (UT) | 83-67 |
| 2021 | Coffeyville Community College (KS) | Cowley College (KS) | 108-99 |
| 2020 |
No Tournament |
— |
Canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2019 | Vincennes University (IN) | Ranger College (TX) | 87-77 |
| 2018 | South Plains College (TX) | College of Southern Idaho | 98-95 |
| 2017 | Hutchinson Community College (KS) | Eastern Florida State College | 84-58 |
| 2016 | Salt Lake Community College (UT) | Hutchinson Community College (KS) | 74-64 |
| 2015 | Northwest Florida State College | South Plains College (TX) | 83-80 |
| 2014 | Jones County Junior College (MS) | Indian Hills Community College (IA) | 87-77 |
| 2013 | College of Central Florida | Northwest Florida State College | 74-69 |
| 2012 | South Plains College (TX) | Northwest Florida State College | 81-68 |
| 2011 | College of Southern Idaho | Midland College (TX) | 72-64 |
| 2010 | Howard College (TX) | Three Rivers Community College (MO) | 85-80 (OT) |
| 2009 | Salt Lake Community College (UT) | Midland College (TX) | 67-60 |
| 2008 | South Plains College (TX) | Salt Lake Community College (UT) | 67-56 |
| 2007 | Midland College (TX) | Chipola College (FL) | 94-75 |
| 2006 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | Tallahassee Community College (FL) | 68-59 |
| 2005 | Paris Junior College (TX) | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | 70-61 |
| 2004 | Southeastern Community College (IA) | Redlands Community College (OK) | 58-43 |
| 2003 | Southeastern Community College (IA) | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | 76-68 |
| 2002 | Dixie State College of Utah | Coffeyville Community College (KS) | 82-81 |
| 2001 | Wabash Valley College (IL) | Allegany College of Maryland | 89-83 |
| 2000 | Southeastern Community College (IA) | John C. Calhoun State Community College (AL) | 84-70 |
| 1999 | Indian Hills Community College (IA) | Barton County Community College (KS) | 100-86 |
| 1998 | Indian Hills Community College (IA) | Shelby State Community College (TN) | 83-68 |
| 1997 | Indian Hills Community College (IA) | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | 89-80 |
| 1996 | Sullivan College (KY) | Allegany College of Maryland | 104-98 (OT) |
| 1995 | Okaloosa-Walton College (FL) | Spartanburg Methodist College (SC) | 79-63 |
| 1994 | Hutchinson Community College (KS) | Three Rivers Community College (MO) | 78-74 |
| 1993 | Pensacola Junior College (FL) | Butler County Community College (KS) | 79-74 |
| 1992 | Three Rivers Community College (MO) | Butler County Community College (KS) | 78-77 |
| 1991 | Aquinas Junior College (TN) | Arizona Western College | 74-68 |
| 1990 | Connors State College (OK) | College of Southern Idaho | 103-87 |
| 1989 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College | Northeast Mississippi Community College | 83-76 |
| 1988 | Hutchinson Community College (KS) | Kankakee Community College (IL) | 76-74 |
| 1987 | College of Southern Idaho | Midland College (TX) | 69-68 |
| 1986 | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | Vincennes University (IN) | 84-78 |
| 1985 | Dixie State College of Utah | Kankakee Community College (IL) | 57-55 |
| 1984 | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | Independence Community College (KS) | 86-82 |
| 1983 | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | Seminole State College (OK) | 73-68 |
| 1982 | Midland College (TX) | Miami Dade-North (FL) | 93-88 (OT) |
| 1981 | Westark Community College (AR) | Lincoln College (IL) | 67-50 |
| 1980 | Western Texas Junior College | Jefferson State Community College (AL) | 85-72 |
| 1979 | Three Rivers Community College (MO) | Mercer County Community College (NJ) | 60-59 (OT) |
| 1978 | Independence Community College (KS) | Niagara County Community College (NY) | 62-61 |
| 1977 | Independence Community College (KS) | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | 75-72 |
| 1976 | College of Southern Idaho | Mercer County Community College (NJ) | 62-50 |
| 1975 | Western Texas Junior College | College of Southern Idaho | 65-57 |
| 1974 | Mercer County Community College (NJ) | Chipola Junior College (FL) | 60-58 |
| 1973 | Mercer County Community College (NJ) | Vacated | 80-61 |
| 1972 | Vincennes University (IN) | Ferrum College (VA) | 73-61 |
| 1971 | Ellsworth Community College (IA) | College of Southern Idaho | 80-71 |
| 1970 | Vincennes University (IN) | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | 85-67 |
| 1969 | Paducah Community College (KY) | Robert Morris (PA) | 79-76 |
| 1968 | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | Mercer County Community College (NJ) | 66-64 |
| 1967 | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | San Jacinto College-Central (TX) | 56-55 |
| 1966 | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | Cameron College (OK) | 90-66 |
| 1965 | Vincennes University (IN) | Burlington (IA) | 80-76 |
| 1964 | Dodge City Community College (KS) | Casper College (WY) | 73-68 |
| 1963 | Independence Community College (KS) | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | 73-68 (OT) |
| 1962 | Coffeyville Community College (KS) | Lon Morris College (TX) | 74-49 |
| 1961 | Pueblo Junior College (CO) | Tyler Junior College (TX) | 79-66 |
| 1960 | Parsons Junior College (KS) | Tyler Junior College (TX) | 73-71 |
| 1959 | Weber College (UT) | Bethany Lutheran (MN) | 57-47 |
| 1958 | Kilgore College (TX) | Weber College (UT) | 68-57 |
| 1957 | San Angelo College (TX) | Eastern Arizona College | 63-51 |
| 1956 | Kilgore College (TX) | Hannibal-LaGrange College (MO) | 68-65 |
| 1955 | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | Hannibal-LaGrange College (MO) | 71-64 (2OT) |
| 1954 | Moberly Area Community College (MO) | Snow College (UT) | 54-49 (OT) |
| 1953 | El Dorado Junior College (KS) | Arkansas City Junior College (KS) | 80-64 |
| 1952 | Wharton County Junior College (TX) | Hibbing Community College (MN) | 78-76 |
| 1951 | Tyler Junior College (TX) | Ventura College (CA) | 93-75 |
| 1950 | Los Angeles City College (CA) | Northeast Mississippi Junior College | 67-63 |
| 1949 | Tyler Junior College (TX) | Hutchinson Community College (KS) | 66-64 |
| 1948 | College of Marin (CA) | Murray State School of Agriculture (OK) | 48-34 |
