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.
The winner 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 1988 SE Massachusetts 92–84 Southern Maine 1989 Southern Maine 84–66 Plymouth State 1990 SE Massachusetts 73–71 Southern Maine 1991 SE Massachusetts 86–83 Southern Maine 1992 Eastern Connecticut 71–64 UMass Dartmouth 1993 UMass Dartmouth 87–73 Eastern Connecticut 1994 UMass Dartmouth 93–86 Plymouth State 1995 UMass Dartmouth 101–80 Western Connecticut 1996 Western Connecticut 80–64 Plymouth State 1997 UMass Dartmouth 69–66 UMass Boston 1998 UMass Dartmouth 65–62 Keene State 1999 Western Connecticut 92–60 Plymouth State 2000 Eastern Connecticut 73–66 Southern Maine 2001 UMass Dartmouth 99–89 (OT) Keene State 2002 Western Connecticut 86–83 Keene State 2003 Western Connecticut 66–65 Plymouth State 2004 Keene State 79–67 Plymouth State 2005 Western Connecticut 135–130 (2OT) Plymouth State 2006 UMass Boston 81–67 Keene State 2007 Rhode Island College 87–75 Keene State 2008 Rhode Island College 55–52 UMass Dartmouth 2009 UMass Dartmouth 62–53 Rhode Island College 2010 Rhode Island College 81–80 Western Connecticut 2011 Rhode Island College 62–49 Eastern Connecticut 2012 Eastern Connecticut 82–60 Rhode Island College 2013 Rhode Island College 60–53 Keene State 2014 Rhode Island College 70–61 Eastern Connecticut 2015 Keene State 75–57 Rhode Island College 2016 Keene State 86–81 UMass Dartmouth 2017 Eastern Connecticut 72–70 Keene State 2018 Eastern Connecticut 79–62 Keene State2019Keene State72–69Eastern Connecticut2020Western Connecticut88–75UMass Dartmouth≠2021UMass Dartmouth108–68Keene State2022Keene State71–69 (OT)UMass Dartmouth2023Keene State83–79Western Connecticut2024Keene State84–68Western Connecticut2025Keene State80–67Western Connecticut2026Western Connecticut84–68Keene State
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years UMass Dartmouth(Southeastern Massachusetts) 12–5 17 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2021 Keene State 8–10 18 2004, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Western Connecticut 7–5 12 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2020, 2026 Rhode Island College 6–3 9 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Eastern Connecticut 5–3 8 1992, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2018 UMass Boston 1–1 2 2006 Southern Maine 1–5 6 1989 Plymouth State 0–7 7 Castleton has not yet qualified for the tournament finals.
See also NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
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