The East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the East Coast Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1990. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the EEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1990 C.W. Post 91–76 Dowling 1991 C.W. Post 70–68 Dowling 1992 Philadelphia College 79–66 Saint Rose 1993 Philadelphia College 85–75 Saint Rose 1994 Philadelphia College 56–54 C.W. Post 1995 Saint Rose 90–68 Adelphi 1996 Adelphi 77–76 Saint Rose 1997 Saint Rose 84–64 Adelphi 1998 Saint Rose 75–70 Adelphi 1999 Adelphi 75–73 (OT) Saint Rose 2000 Saint Rose 90–72 Molloy 2001 Adelphi 94–78 Philadelphia 2002 Queens 80–63 NYIT 2003 Adelphi 70–57 C.W. Post 2004C.W. Post77–65Philadelphia 2005Queens82–74Philadelphia 2006Adelphi74–62Bridgeport 2007Adelphi61–58C.W. Post 2008C.W. Post60–57Adelphi 2009C.W. Post62–56Bridgeport 2010Bridgeport70–61C.W. Post 2011C.W. Post68–64Bridgeport 2012LIU Post86–67Bridgeport 2013Bridgeport61–53Dowling 2014Bridgeport94–73St. Thomas Aquinas 2015Bridgeport82–78St. Thomas Aquinas 2016St. Thomas Aquinas80–63Daemen 2017St. Thomas Aquinas97–86 (OT)Molloy 2018St. Thomas Aquinas 82–65 Bridgeport 2019Molloy 90-86 Bridgeport 2020St. Thomas Aquinas 74–67 Bridgeport 2021St. Thomas Aquinas83–67Daemen 2022St. Thomas Aquinas59–48Daemen 2023St. Thomas Aquinas72–66Daemen 2024St. Thomas Aquinas77–66Daemen 2025 Daemen 88–80 St. Thomas Aquinas 2026 Daemen 86–66 Roberts Wesleyan
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years St. Thomas Aquinas 8–3 11 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 LIU Post(C.W. Post) 7–4 11 1990, 1991, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Adelphi 6–4 10 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 Saint Rose 4–4 8 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000 Bridgeport 4–7 11 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 Jefferson(Philadelphia) 3–3 6 1992, 1993, 1994 Daemen 2–5 7 2025, 2026 Queens 2–0 2 2002, 2005 Molloy 1–2 3 2019 Dowling 0–3 3 Roberts Wesleyan 0–1 1 NYIT 0–1 1
UDC, D'Youville, Mercy, and Staten Island have not yet qualified for the ECC tournament finals. Concordia (NY), New Haven, NJIT, Pace, Southampton College never qualified for the ECC tournament finals as conference members. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the East Coast Conference. Schools highlighted in yellow are members of the East Coast Conference with suspended athletics programs.
See also East Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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