2026 AAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The top 10 teams advanced to the tournament, and the opening round will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The tournament is being played at the MeadowView Marriott Convention Center & Conference Resort in Kingsport, Tenn.
Milligan is the regular-season champion and the No. 1 seed. As such, Milligan receives an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.
The tournament champion will receive an automatic berth to the national tournament. If Milligan wins the tournament, the regular-season runner-up will receive the second automatic berth.
All games will be live-streamed here for free. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students each day. To purchase tickets, click here.
Here are the seeds for the tournament:
- Milligan (20-7, 19-1 AAC)
- Bryan (21-6, 18-2 AAC)*
- Reinhardt (21-6, 18-2)*
- Pikeville (15-13, 14-6)
- Tennessee Wesleyan (11-14, 10-10 AAC)**
- Johnson (11-15, 10-10 AAC)**
- Spartanburg Methodist (15-13, 9-11)***
- Columbia (13-15, 9-11)***
- Montreat (10-16, 8-12 AAC)
- Union Commonwealth (8-19, 7-13)****
*-Bryan earned the No. 2 seed over Reinhardt since it had more conference road wins. Bryan has 9 conference road wins, while Reinhardt has 8.
**-Tennessee Wesleyan and Johnson split their season series, but Tennessee Wesleyan went 1-0 against Pikeville with Johnson going 0-2 versus Pikeville to earn the No. 5 seed.
***-Spartanburg Methodist and Columbia split their season series, but SMC went 1-1 against Tennessee Wesleyan with Columbia goind 0-1 versus Tennessee Wesleyan to earn the No. 7 seed.
****-Union Commonwealth and Brenau both finished 7-13 in conference play, but Union Commonwealth won the season series (1-0) to earn the No. 10 seed.
Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Game 1 - No. 9 Montreat (11-16) def. No. 8 Columbia (13-16), 65-59 (box)
Game 2 - No. 7 Spartanburg Methodist (16-13) def. No. 10 Union Commonwealth (8-20), 64-46 (box)
Thursday, Feb. 26
Game 3 - No. 1 Milligan (21-7) def. No. 9 Montreat (11-17), 70-50 (box)
Game 4 - No. 4 Pikeville (15-13) def. No. 5 Tennessee Wesleyan (11-15), 65-58 (box)
Game 5 - No. 7 Spartanburg Methodist (17-13) def. No. 2 Bryan (21-7), 69-68 (box)
Game 6 - No. 3 Reinhardt (22-6) def. No. 6 Johnson (11-16), 56-46 (box)
Friday, Feb. 27
Game 7 - No. 1 Milligan (22-7) def. No. 4 Pikeville (15-14), 64-61 (box)
Game 8 - No. 3 Reinhardt (23-6) def. No. 7 Spartanburg Methodist (17-14), 66-56 (box)
Saturday, Feb. 28
Game 9 - Championship Game - No. 1 Milligan (23-7) vs. No. 3 Reinhardt (23-7), 64-62 (box) - Milligan wins the championship