| Year | (Seed) Champion | Score | Runner-up | Tournament MVP |
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| 1992–93 | (1) Northern Illinois | 75–58 | (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay [a] | Dawn Schirmacher, Wisconsin–Green Bay |
| 1993–94 | (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay [a] | 73–70 | (1) Northern Illinois | E. C. Hill, Northern Illinois |
| 1994–95 | (1) Western Illinois | 73–60 | (2) Youngstown State | Oberon Pitterson, Western Illinois |
| 1995–96 | (1) Youngstown State | 53–43 | (2) Buffalo | Shannon Beach, Youngstown State |
| 1996–97 | (1) Troy State [b] | 89–75 | (2) Youngstown State | Samantha Tomlinson, Troy State |
| 1997–98 | (1) Youngstown State | 78–69 | (2) Valparaiso | Sarrah Stricklett, Valparaiso |
| 1998–99 | (4) Oral Roberts | 57–52 | (2) Youngstown State | Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts |
| 1999–00 | (2) Youngstown State | 73–57 | (4) Valparaiso | Brianne Kenneally, Youngstown State |
| 2000–01 | (2) Oral Roberts | 61–46 | (1) Oakland | Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts |
| 2001–02 | (2) Oakland | 52–40 | (1) Valparaiso | Sarah Judd, Oakland |
| 2002–03 | (4) Valparaiso | 48–46 | (6) Oakland | Katie Boone, Valparaiso |
| 2003–04 | (2) Valparaiso | 64–63 | (4) Oral Roberts | Leah Cannon, Oral Roberts |
| 2004–05 | (4) Oral Roberts | 48–42 | (7) UMKC [c] | Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts |
| 2005–06 | (6) Oakland | 65–56 | (1) Western Illinois | Anne Hafeli, Oakland |
| 2006–07 | (3) Oral Roberts | 72–55 | (1) Oakland | Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts |
| 2007–08 | (4) Oral Roberts | 66–53 | (3) IUPUI | Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts |
| 2008–09 | (1) South Dakota State | 79–69 | (2) Oakland | Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State |
| 2009–10 | (3) South Dakota State | 79–75 (OT) | (1) Oral Roberts | Maria Boever, South Dakota State |
| 2010–11 | (3) South Dakota State | 61–54 | (4) Oakland | Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State |
| 2011–12 | (1) South Dakota State | 78–77 (OT) | (3) UMKC [c] | Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota State |
| 2012–13 | (1) South Dakota State | 56–53 | (3) South Dakota | Ashley Eide, South Dakota State |
| 2013–14 | (4) South Dakota | 82–71 | (6) Denver | Polly Harrington, South Dakota |
| 2014–15 [1] | (2) South Dakota State | 72–57 | (1) South Dakota | Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota |
| 2015–16 | (2) South Dakota State | 61–55 | (1) South Dakota | Macy Miller, South Dakota State |
| 2016–17 | (1) Western Illinois | 77–69 (OT) | (2) IUPUI | Emily Clemens, Western Illinois |
| 2017–18 | (2) South Dakota State | 65–50 | (1) South Dakota | Macy Miller, South Dakota State |
| 2018–19 | (1) South Dakota State | 83–71 | (2) South Dakota | Macy Miller, South Dakota State |
| 2019–20 | (1) South Dakota | 63–58 | (2) South Dakota State | Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota |
| 2020–21 | (2) South Dakota | 66-43 | (8) Omaha | Chloe Lamb, South Dakota |
| 2021–22 | (2) South Dakota | 56–45 | (1) South Dakota State | Chloe Lamb (2), South Dakota |
| 2022–23 | (1) South Dakota State | 93–51 | (6) Omaha | Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State |
| 2023–24 | (1) South Dakota State | 67–54 | (2) North Dakota State | Paige Meyer, South Dakota State |
| 2024–25 | (1) South Dakota State | 84–68 | (2) Oral Roberts | Paige Meyer (2), South Dakota State |
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