NESCAC men's basketball tournament

NESCAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2001–present
Current championTrinity (2nd)
Most championshipsAmherst Mammoths (8)
Official websiteNESCAC Men's Basketball

The NESCAC men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2001. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

As conference champion, the winner receives the NESCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City
2001 Amherst 86–75 Trinity Oosting Gymnasium Hartford, Connecticut
2002 Amherst 85–78 Trinity
2003 Williams 74–70 Amherst LeFrak Gymnasium Amherst, Massachusetts
2004 Williams 79–67 Amherst John Wesley Chandler Gymnasium Williamstown, Massachusetts
2005 Amherst 65–57 Bates LeFrak Gymnasium Amherst, Massachusetts
2006 Amherst 94–86 (OT) Tufts
2007 Williams 70–69 Amherst
2008 Trinity 74–55 Bowdoin
2009 Middlebury 77–68 Amherst Pepin Gymnasium Middlebury, Vermont
2010 Williams 64–56 Middlebury John Wesley Chandler Gymnasium Williamstown, Massachusetts
2011 Middlebury 63–54 Williams
2012 Amherst 71–69 Middlebury LeFrak Gymnasium Amherst, Massachusetts
2013 Amherst 74–73 Williams
2014 Amherst 93–82 Williams
2015 Wesleyan 74–70 (OT) Amherst Oosting Gymnasium Hartford, Connecticut
2016 Middlebury 81–79 Amherst
2017 Middlebury 84–62 Williams Cousens Gymnasium Medford, Massachusetts
2018 Williams 69–68 Wesleyan LeFrak Gymnasium Amherst, Massachusetts
2019 Amherst 62–56 Hamilton Margaret Bundy Scott Field House Clinton, New York
2020 Tufts 102–94 (2OT) Colby Cousens Gymnasium Medford, Massachusetts
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Wesleyan 78–75 (OT) Williams Silloway Gymnasium Middletown, Connecticut
2023 Hamilton 71–59 Colby Chandler Gymnasium Williamstown, Massachusetts
2024 Trinity 59–52 Williams Chandler Gymnasium Williamstown, Massachusetts

Championship records

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Amherst 8–6 14 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
Williams 5–6 11 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2018
Middlebury 4–2 6 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
Trinity 2–2 4 2008, 2024
Wesleyan 2–1 3 2015, 2022
Hamilton 1–1 2 2023
Tufts 1–1 2 2020
Bates 0–1 1
Bowdoin 0–1 1
Colby 0–2 2

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NESCAC. 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.