The Great Northeast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Great Northeast Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1996. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular conference season records.
The winner receives the GNAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1996 Albertus Magnus 103–81 Emerson 1997 Emerson 68–66 Albertus Magnus 1998 Emerson 79–59 Rivier 1999 Endicott 83–70 Emerson 2000 Western New England 84–74 Emerson 2001 Western New England 95–89 Emerson 2002 Suffolk 76–71 Johnson & Wales 2003 Southern Vermont 89–73 Albertus Magnus 2004 Johnson & Wales 68–58 Southern Vermont 2005 Norwich 69–60 Emerson 2006 Norwich 85–76 Emerson 2007 Rivier 59–57 Emmanuel 2008 Lasell 86–72 Emerson 2009 St. Joseph's (ME) 74–72 Emmanuel 2010 Albertus Magnus 85–69 Emerson 2011 Johnson & Wales 76–66 St. Joseph's (ME) 2012 Albertus Magnus 88–54 Anna Maria 2013 Albertus Magnus 87–80 Anna Maria 2014 Albertus Magnus 84–49 St. Joseph's (ME) 2015 Albertus Magnus 98–85 Johnson & Wales 2016 Johnson & Wales 86–75 Albertus Magnus 2017 Albertus Magnus 101–83 Lasell 2018 Johnson & Wales 84–80 Albertus Magnus 2019 Albertus Magnus 81–77 Saint Joseph (CT) 2020 Saint Joseph (CT) 88–84 Albertus Magnus 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Saint Joseph (CT) 94–67 Albertus Magnus 2023 Albertus Magnus 83–79 Saint Joseph (CT) 2024 Saint Joseph (CT) 78–59 Saint Joseph's (ME) 2025 Saint Joseph's (ME) 79–72 Lasell 2026 Saint Joseph's (ME) 92–58 Saint Joseph (CT)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Albertus Magnus 9–6 15 1996, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023 Johnson & Wales 4–2 6 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018 St. Joseph's (ME) 3–3 6 2009, 2025, 2026 Saint Joseph (CT) 3–3 6 2020, 2022, 2024 Emerson 2–8 10 1997, 1998 Western New England 2–0 2 2000, 2001 Norwich 2–0 2 2005, 2006 Lasell 1–2 3 2008 Rivier 1–1 2 2007 Southern Vermont 1–1 2 2003 Suffolk 1–0 1 2002 Endicott 1–0 1 1999 Anna Maria 0–2 2 Emmanuel 0–2 2
Colby–Sawyer, Dean, Elms, Mitchell, New England, and Regis have not yet qualified for the GNAC tournament finals Daniel Webster and Mount Ida never qualified for the tournament finals while members of the GNAC Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the GNAC
See also NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
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