ECAC men's basketball tournaments

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The ECAC men's basketball tournaments are postseason college basketball tournaments organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

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Despite its name, the ECAC is not a traditional athletic conference, but rather a loosely organized sports federation for colleges and universities in the northeastern United States. Among other things, it organizes end-of-season college basketball tournaments for member schools which are not members of a traditional conference, or which do not otherwise have access to such a tournament. At various times, it has organized end-of-season basketball tournaments at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, Division II, and Division III levels.

Division I

From 1975 to 1982, the ECAC organized annual regional end-of-season men's basketball tournaments for independent Division I ECAC member colleges and universities in the Northeastern United States. The winner of each regional tournament was declared the ECAC regional champion for the season and received an automatic bid in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [1]

Before 1975, the ECAC had not organized such tournaments for Division I schools; the NCAA tournament invited only one team per Division I conference and accommodated independents with a limited number of at-large bids. In 1975, however, the NCAA tournament's field expanded to 32 teams, including the champions of end-of-season conference tournaments, who received automatic bids. Although a number of at-large bids still existed, the process for selecting the field for the 1975 NCAA tournament included many second-place conference teams and threatened to exclude independent schools in the northeastern United States, which had no end-of-season conference tournament to play in and therefore no automatic bids. With no conventional athletic conferences yet in existence in the Northeast, the ECAC began to organize its Division I basketball tournaments in 1975, allowing Northeastern independents to retain their independent status while still having an opportunity to play in an end-of-season tournament offering an automatic bid. The ECAC Division I tournaments thus assured that at least some Northeastern colleges and universities would receive NCAA tournament bids. [2] [3]

In both 1975 and 1976, the ECAC organized four regional Division I tournaments: Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey); New England; South (for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.); and Upstate (for Upstate New York). As Eastern independent colleges and universities began to join existing conferences or form new ones and play in their own end-of-season conference tournaments, the number of ECAC regional tournaments declined due to reduced demand for them. After the formation of the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (which later became the Atlantic 10 Conference), the ECAC combined its Southern and Upstate Regions into a single "Southern" (later "Upstate-Southern" and "South-Upstate") Region and held only three regional tournaments in 1977, 1978, and 1979. After the teams that played in the New England region all joined the Big East Conference, the Atlantic 10 Conference, or the new ECAC North Conference (which later became the America East Conference), the ECAC also did away with its New England tournament, and in 1980 and 1981 it held only two tournaments, Metro and Southern. Many of the teams in the Metro Region then formed the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), and in 1982 the ECAC held two tournaments, reorganized as the Metro-South (composed of former Metro Region teams which had not joined the MAAC) and South tournaments. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

After the completion of the 1982 post-season, the remaining ECAC Metro-South Region teams formed the ECAC-Metro Conference (which later became the Northeast Conference), while the ECAC South Region teams formed the ECAC South Conference (which later became the Colonial Athletic Association). With all the former independents in the northeastern United States having joined a traditional conference holding its own end-of-season tournament, and with the National Invitation Tournament providing a means of postseason tournament play for Division I teams not invited to the NCAA tournament, the ECAC had no reason to continue its Division I basketball tournament series, and it ceased to organize such tournaments after 1982. [7]

1975 tournaments

National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

Sources [3]

Champions
Metro: #20 Rutgers
New England: Boston College
Southern: Georgetown
Upstate: Syracuse

Brackets

Sources [3] [8]
Metro

Semifinals,
March 6, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 		Finals,
March 8, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
      
  St. John's 76
  Seton Hall 64
St. John's 77
#20 Rutgers79
  Saint Peter's 63
 #20 Rutgers 80Third place
Seton Hall 75
Saint Peter's79

New England

Semifinals,
March 6, 1975
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 		Finals,
March 8, 1975
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
      
  Connecticut 58
  Boston College 68
Boston College69
Holy Cross 55
  Providence 55
  Holy Cross 62Third place
Connecticut 83
Providence108

Southern

Semifinals, March 7, 1975
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV 		Finals,
March 8, 1975
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
      
  George Washington 59
  Georgetown 66
Georgetown62
West Virginia 61
  West Virginia 75
  Pittsburgh 73 Third place
George Washington 64
Pittsburgh89

Upstate

Semifinals, March 7, 1975
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY 		Finals,
March 8, 1975
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 78
  Fairfield 73
Saint Bonaventure 81
Syracuse100
  Niagara 72
  Syracuse 90Third place
Fairfield 67
Niagara72

1976 tournaments

National rankings indicated.
Sources [4] [9]

Regional champions

Champions
Metro:: #3 Rutgers
New England: Connecticut
Southern: Georgetown
Upstate: Syracuse

Brackets

Metro

Semifinals,
March 4, 1976
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ 		Finals,
March 6, 1976
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ
      
 #14 St. John's 75
  St. Peter's 67
#14 St. John's 67
#3 Rutgers70
 #3 Rutgers 104
  Long Island-Brooklyn 76 Third place
Saint Peter's76
Long Island-Brooklyn 65

New England

Semifinals, March 4, 1976
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 		Finals,
March 6, 1976
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
      
  Connecticut 73
  Massachusetts 69
Connecticut87
Providence 73
  Providence 64
  Holy Cross 61 Third place
Massachusetts 75
Holy Cross88

Southern

Semifinals, March 5, 1976
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV 		Finals,
March 7, 1976
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
      
  Georgetown 72
  Villanova 59
Georgetown68
George Washington 63
  George Washington 99
  West Virginia 97 Third place
Villanova 64
West Virginia87

Upstate

Semifinals, March 4, 1976
Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY 		Finals,
March 6, 1976
Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 66
  Niagara 67
Niagara 68
Syracuse77
  Manhattan 57
  Syracuse 83Third place
St. Bonaventure84
Manhattan 74

1977 tournaments

National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

Sources [10] [11]

Champions
Metro:: St. John's
New England: Holy Cross
Southern: #13 Syracuse

Brackets

Source [10] [12] [13]
Metro

Semifinals, March 3, 1977
Campus sites
(see note) 		Finals,
March 5, 1977
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
      
  Manhattan 64
  St. John's 73
St. John's83
Seton Hall 73
  Army 71
  Seton Hall 77Third place
Manhattan 62
Army64

Note: The Manhattan-St. John's semifinal game was held at Rose Hill Gymnasium, Bronx, NY. The Army-Seton Hall semifinal game took place at Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ. [13]

New England

Semifinals, March 3, 1977
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT 		Finals,
March 5, 1977
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
      
  Connecticut 77
  Holy Cross 89
Holy Cross68
#8 Providence 67
  Fairfield 31
 #8 Providence 44 Third place
Connecticut72
Fairfield 66

The 1977 New England Tournament's semifinal games contrasted with one another greatly: Holy Cross, led by freshman guard Ronnie Perry, played a hard, physical game – with 45 free throws in the second half, 24 by Holy Cross and 21 by Connecticut – to defeat Connecticut 89-77, while Providence, led by senior guard Joe Hassett, found its offense lacking and used tough defensive play to overcome Fairfield 44-31. The much-anticipated championship game that followed – a rematch of the December 1976 Colonial Classic final played at the Boston Garden, in which Holy Cross had handed Providence one of only three losses the Friars suffered all season on a game-winning last-second shot by the Crusaders' Chris Potter – was played before a sold-out crowd at the Hartford Civic Center and was one of the greatest games in the eight-season history of the ECAC Division I tournaments. With less than a minute to play and his team behind, Holy Cross's Michael Vicens stole the ball along his own end line and raced down the court to score on a reverse dunk. This energized both the crowd and the Holy Cross players and swung the game's momentum in favor of Holy Cross. The Crusaders got the ball with less than 10 seconds to go, and Potter scored on an 18-foot (5.5-meter) jumper with five seconds remaining to again give Holy Cross a win, 68-67. Holy Cross thus won an automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and made its first appearance in that tournament since 1956. Providence also reached the NCAA tournament via an at-large bid. [14]

Southern

Semifinals, February 28, 1977
Campus sites
(see note) 		Finals,
March 3, 1977
Old Dominion University Fieldhouse,
Norfolk, VA
      
  St. Bonaventure 72
 #13 Syracuse 85
#13 Syracuse67
Old Dominion 64
  Old Dominion 80
  Georgetown 58

Note: The St. Bonaventure-Syracuse semifinal game was held at Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY. The Old Dominion-Georgetown semifinal game took place at McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC.

1978 tournaments

National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

Sources [15] [16]

Champions
Metro:: St. John's
New England: Rhode Island
Upstate-Southern: St. Bonaventure

Brackets

[15] Metro

Semifinals, March 3, 1978
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 		Finals,
March 5, 1978
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
      
  St. John's 83
  Iona 80
St. John's65
Army 63
  Army 81
  Seton Hall 79

New England

Semifinals, March 3, 1978
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI 		Finals,
March 5, 1978
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
      
 #18 Providence 71
  Holy Cross 67
#18 Providence 62
Rhode Island65
  Rhode Island 71
  Fairfield 69

Upstate-Southern

Semifinals, March 2, 1978
See note for locations 		Finals,
March 5, 1978
Rochester Community War Memorial,
Rochester, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 70
 #14 Syracuse 69
St. Bonaventure63
Virginia Commonwealth 61
  Virginia Commonwealth 88
 #17 Georgetown 75

Note: The St. Bonaventure-Syracuse semifinal game was held at the Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY. The Virginia Commonwealth-Georgetown game took place at McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC.

1979 tournaments

National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

Source [5] [17]

Champions
Metro:: Iona
New England: Connecticut
South-Upstate: #16 Georgetown

Brackets

Sources [5] [17]
Metro

Semifinals, March 1, 1979
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 		Final,
March 3, 1979
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
      
  Iona 80
  Seton Hall 73
Iona83
St. John's 57
  St. John's 86
  Wagner 82

New England

Semifinals, March 1, 1979
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI 		Finals,
March 3, 1979
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
      
  Connecticut 91
  Boston College 74
Connecticut58
Rhode Island 50
  Rhode Island 75
  Holy Cross 71

South-Upstate

Semifinals, February 28, 1979
Cole Field House, College Park, MD 		Finals,
March 3, 1979
Cole Field House, College Park, MD
      
 #6 Syracuse 87
  St. Bonaventure 71
#6 Syracuse 58
#16 Georgetown66
 #16 Georgetown 73
  Old Dominion 52

1980 tournaments

Regional champions

Source [18]

Champions
Metro:: Iona
South: Old Dominion

Brackets

Sources [18] [19]
Metro

Quarterfinals
February 28 		Semifinals
February 29 		Championship
March 1
         
Iona 69
Fairleigh Dickinson 53
Iona76
Siena 70
Siena 80
Long Island University 78
Iona64
Saint Peter's 46
Fordham 73
Wagner 67
Fordham 47
Saint Peter's65
Saint Peter's 54
Fairfield 42
Notes

    Conference did not play a formal schedule

    South

    Quarterfinals
    Thursday, February 28     		Semifinals
    Friday, February 29     		Championship
    Saturday, March 1
             
    1 Old Dominion 112
    8 Catholic 59
    1 Old Dominion75
    5 William & Mary 59
    5 William & Mary 78
    4 Richmond 77
    1 Old Dominion62
    3 Navy 51
    3 Navy 51
    6 Baltimore 50
    3 Navy75
    7 St. Francis (PA) 62
    7 St. Francis (PA) 58
    2 James Madison 54

    1981 tournaments

    Regional champions

    Source [6]

    Champions
    Metro:: Long Island-Brooklyn
    South: James Madison

    Brackets

    Sources [6] [20]
    Metro

    Quarterfinals, March 2, 1981
    Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY     		Semifinals, March 5, 1981
    Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY     		Finals,
    March 7, 1981
    Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
    6 Iona41
    6 Iona 642 Saint Peter's 38
    3 Siena 48 6 Iona 72
    5 Long Island-Brooklyn77
    5 Long Island-Brooklyn85
    5 Long Island-Brooklyn 891 Fordham 78
    4 Wagner 78

    South

    Quarterfinals, March 3, 1981
    Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA     		Semifinals, March 5, 1981
    Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA     		Finals,
    March 7, 1981
    Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
    3 William & Mary 42
    6 Robert Morris 50 2 James Madison 44
    3 William & Mary 732 James Madison69
    5 Richmond 60
    5 Richmond79
    5 Richmond 981 Old Dominion 77
    4 Saint Francis 78

    1982 tournaments

    Regional champions

    Source [7]

    Champions
    Metro-South:: Robert Morris
    South: Old Dominion

    Brackets

    Source [7] [21] [22]
    Metro-South

    Quarterfinals
    March 2     		Semifinals
    Saturday, March 6     		Championship
    Sunday, March 7
             
    1N Fairleigh Dickinson 81
    4N Siena 85
    4N Siena 84
    2NLong Island University94
    3N [lower-alpha 1] St. Francis (NY) [24] 53
    2N Long Island University 56
    2N Long Island University 84
    1S Robert Morris85
    1S Robert Morris 78
    4S Loyola (MD) 69
    1SRobert Morris80
    2S Baltimore 70
    3S Towson State 60
    2S Baltimore 64
    Notes
    1. ↑ In the NEC record book, [23] Marist is listed as playing against LIU in the opening round, yet according to the New York Times [24] the game was played by St. Francis (NY) and LIU. Additionally, St. Francis (NY) finished ahead of Marist in the NEC North Division, further supporting the New York Times article.

    South

    Quarterfinals
    Thursday, March 4     		Semifinals
    Friday, March 5     		Championship
    Saturday, March 6
             
    1 James Madison 64
    4 William & Mary 49
    5 Navy 55
    4 William & Mary 79
    1 James Madison 57
    3 Old Dominion58
    3 Old Dominion 70
    6 George Mason 62
    3 Old Dominion77
    2 Richmond 69
    7 East Carolina 42
    2 Richmond 49

    Divisions II and III

    Combined Division II/III tournaments

    The ECAC organized combined Division II/Division III men's basketball tournaments annually from 1973 to 1980 as invitational events for ECAC teams not invited to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament or – after it began in 1975 – the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament. From 1973 through 1975 and from 1977 through 1980, it held four regional tournaments – Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey), New England, Southern (for schools south of New York and New Jersey), and Upstate (for Upstate New York) – each year, while in 1976 it held only three tournaments (Metro, New England, and Upstate). [1]

    After 1980, the ECAC divided the Division II and Division III competitions, placing the Division II competitions on hiatus until 1988 and beginning Division III-only tournaments in 1981. [1]

    YearECAC Division II/III regional champions [1]
    1973Metro:: Brooklyn
    New England: Tufts
    Southern: East Stroudsburg
    Upstate: Union
    1974Metro:: Trenton State
    New England: Brandeis
    Southern: Cheyney
    Upstate: Brockport State
    1975Metro:: Bridgeport
    New England: Quinnipiac
    Southern: Bloomsburg
    Upstate: Union
    1976Metro:: Upsala
    New England: Amherst
    Southern: No tournament
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1977Metro:: Kean
    New England: Quinnipiac
    Southern: Mansfield
    Upstate: Potsdam State
    1978Metro:: Trenton State
    New England: Quinnipiac
    Southern: Loyola Maryland
    Upstate: Albany
    1979Metro:: Monmouth
    New England: Sacred Heart
    Southern: East Stroudsburg
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1980Metro:: Monmouth
    New England: Saint Anselm
    Southern: Mansfield
    Upstate: Elmira

    Division II tournaments

    After 1980, the ECAC placed Division II end-of-season tournament competition on hiatus until 1988. From 1988 through 2005 it organized a single annual Division II men's basketball tournament as an invitational event for Division II ECAC teams not invited to that year's NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. No tournament took place in 2006, but the ECAC held it twice more, in 2007 and 2008. The Division II tournament again went on hiatus from 2009 through 2013, thanks to various factors including an expansion of the NCAA Men's Division II Tournament field and a decline in the number of Division II men's basketball programs associated with the ECAC. A Division II tournament took place in 2014, but the tournament again went on hiatus after that. [1]

    YearECAC Division II Champions [1]
    1988 Dowling
    1989 Merrimack
    1990 Pace
    1991Pace
    1992 Millersville
    1993 Saint Rose
    1994 Adelphi
    1995 New York Tech
    1996 Saint Michael's
    1997 UMass Lowell
    1998Merrimack
    1999Merrimack
    2000Saint Michael's
    2001Saint Rose
    2002 Southampton
    2003 Mansfield
    2004 Felician
    2005 Bridgeport
    2006no tournament
    2007 Goldey–Beacom
    2008 Saint Vincent
    2009-2013no tournament
    2014 Lincoln
    2015-presentno tournament

    Division III tournaments

    After its last combined Division II/III regional tournaments in 1980, the ECAC split Division II and Division III tournament competition. In 1981, it held its first Division III-only postseason regional invitational men's basketball tournaments for ECAC teams not invited to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament, and these have occurred annually ever since. The ECAC organized these tournaments regionally, holding Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey), New England, and Upstate (for Upstate New York) tournaments from 1981 to 1985 and adding a Southern tournament (for schools south of New York and New Jersey) in 1986. In 2013, the ECAC returned to a three-tournament structure, holding Metro, New England, and Southern regional tournaments, while in 2014 it had four tournaments (Metro, New England, Southeast, and Southwest). [1] [25] In 2015 and 2016, it again had a three-tournament structure, with New England, Metro, and South tournaments. [26] In 2017, it changed format again, becoming a single tournament which determined a single ECAC Division III champion. [27] [28] [29] [30] No tournament took place in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the tournament resumed in 2022. [31] [32] [33]

    YearECAC Division III regional champions [1] [25]
    1981Metro:: Jersey City State
    New England: Massachusetts Maritime
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1982Metro:: New Jersey Tech
    New England: Tufts
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1983Metro:: Jersey City State
    New England: Rhode Island College
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1984Metro:: Moravian
    New England: Trinity
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1985Metro:: New Jersey Tech
    New England: Trinity
    Upstate: Fredonia State
    1986Metro:: Staten Island
    New England: Trinity
    Southern: Catholic
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1987Metro:: Old Westbury State
    New England: Williams
    Southern: Mary Washington
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1988Metro:: New Jersey Tech
    New England: Saint Anselm
    Southern: Frostburg State
    Upstate: Geneseo State
    1989Metro:: Kean
    New England: Trinity
    Southern: Ursinus
    Upstate: Albany
    1990Metro:: Stony Brook
    New England: Colby
    Southern: Allentown
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1991Metro:: Medgar Evers
    New England: Colby
    Southern: Lebanon Valley
    Upstate: Potsdam State
    1992Metro:: Glassboro State
    New England: Brandeis
    Southern: Dickinson
    Upstate: Hamilton
    1993Metro:: Jersey City State
    New England: Colby
    Southern: Lincoln
    Upstate: Rochester Tech
    1994Metro:: Jersey City State
    New England: Western Connecticut State
    Southern: Lincoln
    Upstate: Elmira
    1995Metro:: Kean
    New England: Amherst
    Southern: Alvernia
    Upstate: Fredonia State
    1996Metro:: Rutgers-Newark
    New England: Amherst
    Southern: Lincoln
    Upstate: Oneonta State
    1997Metro:: Drew
    New England: Eastern Nazarene
    Southern: Johns Hopkins
    Upstate: Nazareth
    1998Metro:: York (NY)
    New England: Colby–Sawyer
    Southern: Lebanon Valley
    Upstate: Plattsburgh State
    1999Metro:: Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison
    New England: Williams
    Southern: Penn State-Behrend
    Upstate: New Paltz State
    2000Metro:: Montclair State
    New England: Tufts
    Southern: King's (Pa.)
    Upstate: Ithaca
    2001Metro:: New Jersey City
    New England: Williams
    Southern: Lebanon Valley
    Upstate: Geneseo State
    2002Metro:: Ramapo
    New England: Massachusetts-Dartmouth
    Southern: Franklin & Marshall
    Upstate: St. Lawrence
    2003Metro:: Baruch
    New England: Babson
    Southern: Franklin & Marshall
    Upstate: Rochester Tech
    2004Metro:: Ramapo
    New England: Western Connecticut State
    Southern: Lebanon Valley
    Upstate: Geneseo State
    2005Metro:: Kean
    New England: Wheaton (MA)
    Southern: Franklin & Marshall
    Upstate: Oswego State
    2006Metro:: New Jersey City
    New England: Wheaton (MA)
    Southern: Albright
    Upstate: Ithaca
    2007Metro:: New York University
    New England: Western New England
    Southern: DeSales
    Upstate: Vassar
    2008Metro:: Stevens Tech
    New England: Newbury
    Southern: Carnegie Mellon
    Upstate: Brockport State
    2009Metro:: Lehman
    New England: Becker
    Southern: Washington & Jefferson
    Upstate: Hartwick
    2010Metro:: Baruch
    New England: Elms
    Southern: Penn State-Behrend
    Upstate: Ithaca
    2011Metro:: Stevens Tech
    New England: Brandeis
    Southern: Lebanon Valley
    Upstate: Hobart
    2012Metro:: Mount Saint Mary
    New England: Worcester Tech
    Southern: Alvernia
    Upstate: Cortland State
    2013Metro:: Old Westbury State
    New England: Eastern Connecticut State
    Southern: Juniata
    2014Metro:: Staten Island
    New England: Johnson & Wales
    Southeast: Stevenson
    Southwest: Juniata
    2015Metro:: Staten Island
    New England: Southern Vermont
    South: Stevenson
    2016Metro:: New Jersey City
    New England: Nichols
    South: Neumann
    2017 Stockton
    2018 Widener
    2019 Brandeis
    2020 Gwynedd Mercy
    2021No tournament
    2022 Rutgers-Newark
    2023 Alfred
    2024Juniata

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