NECC men's basketball tournament

The NECC men's basketball tournament was the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III New England Collegiate Conference. The tournament was held annually from 2009 to 2023, when the NECC ceased to exist as an all-sports conference after the departure of its final four members.

NECC men's basketball tournament (defunct)
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceNew England Collegiate Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2009–2023
Most championshipsElms (4)
Mitchell (4)
Official websiteNECC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus arenas (2009–2023)
Host locations
Campus venues (2009–2023)

It was a single-elimination tournament and seeding was based on regular season records.[1]

The winner received the NECC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
2009 Elms 105–76 Becker Chicopee, MA
2010 Elms 79–68 Becker Leicester, MA
2011 Elms 79–65 Becker Leicester, MA
2012 Becker 66–45 Elms Leicester, MA
2013 Elms 91–78 Regis Chicopee, MA
2014 Mitchell 72–71 Elms Chicopee, MA
2015 Regis 74–72 Southern Vermont Bennington, VT
2016 Southern Vermont 74–72 Becker Bennington, VT
2017 Becker 79–70 Southern Vermont Bennington, VT
2018 Southern Vermont 67–62 Becker Bennington, VT
2019 Mitchell 77–69 Newbury New London, CT
2020 New England College 92–90 Mitchell Henniker, NH
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Mitchell 87–73 Eastern Nazarene Quincy, MA
2023 Mitchell 109–85 New England College New London, CT

Championship records

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School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Elms 4–2 6 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Mitchell 4–1 5 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023
Becker 2–5 7 2012, 2017
Southern Vermont 2–2 4 2016, 2018
New England College 1–1 2 2020
Regis 1–1 2 2015
Eastern Nazarene 0–1 1
Newbury 0–1 1
  • Schools highlighted in pink departed the NECC before it ended sponsorship of men's basketball in 2023.
  • Among the NECC teams during its final season, Lesley never qualified for the tournament finals
  • Among the teams that departed the NECC before its final season, Daniel Webster, Dean, and Wheelock never qualified for the tournament finals

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Archives". NECC. 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.