NESCAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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NESCAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2001–present
Current championWesleyan (2nd)
Most championshipsAmherst (8)
Official websiteNESCAC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus arenas (2001–present)
Host locations
Campus venues (2001–present)

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 Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
2001 Amherst 86–75 Trinity Hartford, CT
2002 Amherst 85–78 Trinity Hartford, CT
2003 Williams 74–70 Amherst Amherst, MA
2004 Williams 79–67 Amherst Williamstown, MA
2005 Amherst 65–57 Bates Amherst, MA
2006 Amherst 94–86 (OT) Tufts Amherst, MA
2007 Williams 70–69 Amherst Amherst, MA
2008 Trinity 74–55 Bowdoin Amherst, MA
2009 Middlebury 77–68 Amherst Middlebury, VT
2010 Williams 64–56 Middlebury Williamstown, MA
2011 Middlebury 63–54 Williams Williamstown, MA
2012 Amherst 71–69 Middlebury Amherst, MA
2013 Amherst 74–73 Williams Amherst, MA
2014 Amherst 93–82 Williams Amherst, MA
2015 Wesleyan 74–70 (OT) Amherst Hartford, CT
2016 Middlebury 81–79 Amherst Hartford, CT
2017 Middlebury 84–62 Williams Medford, MA
2018 Williams 69–68 Wesleyan Amherst, MA
2019 Amherst 62–56 Hamilton Clinton, NY
2020 Tufts 102–94 Colby Medford, MA
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Wesleyan 78–75 Tufts Middletown, CT

Championship records[]

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Amherst 8–6 14 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
Williams 5–4 9 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2018
Middlebury 4–2 6 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
Wesleyan 2–1 3 2015, 2022
Trinity 1–2 3 2008
Tufts 1–2 3 2020
Bates 0–1 1
Bowdoin 0–1 1
Colby 0–1 1
Hamilton 0–1 1
  • Connecticut College has not yet qualified for the tournament finals

References[]

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