Little East Conference men's basketball tournament

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Little East Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Little East Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1987–present
Current champion Keene State (7th)
Most championships UMass Dartmouth (12)
Official website Little East men's basketball

The Little East Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Little East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records. [1]

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The winner, declared conference champion, receives the Little East's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-up
1987 SE Massachusetts 73–58 Southern Maine
1988SE Massachusetts92–84Southern Maine
1989Southern Maine84–66 Plymouth State
1990SE Massachusetts73–71Southern Maine
1991SE Massachusetts86–83Southern Maine
1992 Eastern Connecticut 71–64UMass Dartmouth
1993UMass Dartmouth87–73Eastern Connecticut
1994UMass Dartmouth93–86Plymouth State
1995UMass Dartmouth101–80 Western Connecticut
1996Western Connecticut80–64Plymouth State
1997UMass Dartmouth69–66 UMass Boston
1998UMass Dartmouth65–62 Keene State
1999Western Connecticut92–60Plymouth State
2000Eastern Connecticut73–66Southern Maine
2001UMass Dartmouth99–89 (OT)Keene State
2002Western Connecticut86–83Keene State
2003Western Connecticut66–65Plymouth State
2004Keene State79–67Plymouth State
2005Western Connecticut135–130 (2OT)Plymouth State
2006UMass Boston81–67Keene State
2007 Rhode Island College 87–75Keene State
2008Rhode Island College55–52UMass Dartmouth
2009UMass Dartmouth62–53Rhode Island College
2010Rhode Island College81–80Western Connecticut
2011Rhode Island College62–49Eastern Connecticut
2012Eastern Connecticut82–60Rhode Island College
2013Rhode Island College60–53Keene State
2014Rhode Island College70–61Eastern Connecticut
2015Keene State75–57Rhode Island College
2016Keene State86–81UMass Dartmouth
2017Eastern Connecticut72–70Keene State
2018Eastern Connecticut79–62Keene State
2019Keene State72–69Eastern Connecticut
2020Western Connecticut88–75UMass Dartmouth≠
2021UMass Dartmouth108–68Keene State
2022Keene State71–69 (OT)UMass Dartmouth
2023Keene State83–79Western Connecticut
2024Keene State84–68Western Connecticut

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
UMass Dartmouth
(Southeastern Massachusetts)
12–5171987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2021
Keene State 7–9162004, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Western Connecticut 6–4101996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2020
Rhode Island College 6–392007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Eastern Connecticut 5–381992, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2018
UMass Boston 1–122006
Southern Maine 1–561989
Plymouth State 0–77

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References

  1. "Little East Basketball History: Men's Basketball Tournament Champions". Little East. 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.