Mountain East Conference men's basketball tournament

Mountain East Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMountain East Conference
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumWesBanco Arena
Current locationWheeling, WV
Played2014–present
Current championCharleston (2nd)
Most championshipsWest Liberty (4)
Official websiteMEC men's basketball
Host stadiums
WesBanco Arena (2019-present)
Charleston Civic Center (2014–2018)
Host locations
Wheeling, WV (2019-present)
Charleston, WV(2014–2018)

The Mountain East Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Mountain East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the MEC's establishment in 2013, with the first tournament taking place in 2014. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

From 2014 to 2018, the tournament was hosted by the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Following several years of low attendance, the league announce it would move the event to the Wheeling Civic Center for at least 2019 and 2020.[2]

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.

Results

Year Champions Score Runner-up MVP Venue
2014 Charleston 63–60 West Liberty Fred Simpson, Charleston Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2015 Glenville State 65–58 Fairmont State Donte Morales, Glenville State Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2016 Concord 70–64 Notre Dame (OH) Rob Reed, Concord Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2017 West Liberty 67–65 Fairmont State David Hoehn, West Liberty Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2018 Wheeling Jesuit 80–65 Charleston Haywood Highsmith, Wheeling Jesuit Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV)
2019 Notre Dame (OH) 100-96 West Liberty Will Vorhees, Notre Dame (OH) WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2020 West Liberty 73–60 Charleston Will Yoakum, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2021 Fairmont State 102–99 West Liberty Dale Bonner, Fairmont State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2022 West Liberty 70–59 Charleston (WV) Pat Robinson, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2023 West Liberty 112–82 Fairmont State Bryce Butler, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
2024 Charleston 78–68 West Liberty Dwaine Jones, Charleston WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)

Championship records

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
West Liberty 4–4 8 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023
Charleston 2–3 5 2014, 2024
Fairmont State 1–3 4 2021
Notre Dame (OH) 1–1 2 2019
Wheeling
(Wheeling Jesuit) 		1–0 1 2018
Concord (WV) 1–0 1 2016
Glenville State 1–0 1 2015

See also

References

  1. ^ "MEC Men's Basketball Tournament History". Year-by-year records. Mountain East Conference. 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "MEC heading to Wheeling for 2019, 2010 basketball tournaments". 7 March 2018.