NESCAC men's basketball tournament
Collegiate basketball tournament
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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]
| NESCAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
 | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | NESCAC |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 2001–present |
| Current champion | Trinity (4th) |
| Most championships | Amherst (8) |
| Official website | nescac.com/sports/mbball |
As conference champion, the winner receives the NESCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results
Championship records
| School | Finals rec. |
Finals app. |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 8–6 | 14 | 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 |
| Williams | 5–6 | 11 | 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2018 |
| Trinity | 4–2 | 6 | 2008, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Middlebury | 4–2 | 6 | 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017 |
| Wesleyan | 2–3 | 4 | 2015, 2022 |
| Hamilton | 1–1 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tufts | 1–1 | 2 | 2020 |
| Bates | 0–1 | 1 | |
| Bowdoin | 0–1 | 1 | |
| Colby | 0–2 | 2 |
- Connecticut College has not yet qualified for the tournament finals
