The United East men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III United East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the conference was founded in 2005 as the North Eastern Athletic Conference. The conference adopted its current name for the 2021–22 season, and underwent a major expansion in 2023 when it merged with the Colonial States Athletic Conference, with the two leagues agreeing to operate under the United East banner. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the United East's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results North Eastern Athletic Conference YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2005 Keystone 79–70 Villa Julie Philadelphia, PA 2006 Keystone 84–77 Villa Julie La Plume, PA 2007 Villa Julie 94–92 (OT) Chestnut Hill Stevenson, MD 2008 Baptist Bible 84–73 Cazenovia Cazenovia, NY 2009 SUNY Poly 78–49 Wells Utica, NY 2010 SUNY Poly 99–71 Wells Utica, NY 2011 Wells 75–72 (OT) Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA 2012 Morrisville State 76–72 Penn State Harrisburg Morrisville, NY 2013 Morrisville State 74–72 Wells Morrisville, NY 2014 Morrisville State 73–65 Lancaster Bible Lancaster, PA 2015 SUNY Cobleskill 49–46 Lancaster Bible Lancaster, PA 2016 Lancaster Bible 97–71 Morrisville State Lancaster, PA 2017 Morrisville State 70–63 Lancaster Bible Washington, DC 2018 Lancaster Bible 74–69 Morrisville State Lancaster, PA 2019 Morrisville State 91–73 SUNY Poly Gansevoort, NY 2020Penn State Harrisburg76–69 (OT)Lancaster BibleLatham, NY 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
United East Conference YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2022Penn State Harrisburg85–52Lancaster BibleLancaster, PA 2023Lancaster Bible87–76Penn State AbingtonLancaster, PA 2024Penn State Harrisburg 84–61 Saint Elizabeth Middletown, PA 2025 Bryn Athyn 82–69 Notre Dame Maryland Bryn Athyn, PA 2026 Penn State Harrisburg 72–71 Cairn Langhorne, PA
Championship records Schools in red are not United East members as of the 2023–24 season. School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Morrisville State 5–2 7 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 Lancaster Bible 3–4 7 2016, 2018, 2023 Penn State Harrisburg 4–2 6 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 SUNY Poly 2–1 3 2009, 2010 Keystone 2–0 2 2005, 2006 Wells 1–3 4 2011 Stevenson(Villa Julie) 1–2 3 2007 Bryn Athyn 1–0 1 2025 Clarks Summit(Baptist Bible) 1–0 1 2008 SUNY Cobleskill 1–0 1 2015 Cairn 0–1 1 Notre Dame Maryland 0–1 1 Saint Elizabeth 0–1 1 Penn State Abington 0–1 1 Cazenovia 0–1 1 Chestnut Hill 0–1 1 Cedar Crest, Gallaudet, Penn College, Penn State Berks, Penn State Brandywine, Rosemont, St. Mary's (MD), Valley Forge, and Wilson have yet to advance to the NEAC or United East tournament finals. Bard, D'Youville, Keuka, NYU Poly, SUNY Purchase, and SUNY Morrisville never advanced for the tournament finals as NEAC members.
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