The Conference of New England men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III Conference of New England. The tournament has been held annually since 1985. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
As conference champion, the winner receives the CNE's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results Finals champion only Championship game results incomplete, 1985–2003 YearChampions 1985 Coast Guard 1986 Curry 1987 Roger Williams 1988 Coast Guard 1989 Salve Regina 1990 Anna Maria 1991 Anna Maria 1992 Anna Maria 1993 Eastern Nazarene 1994 Anna Maria 1995 Salve Regina 1996 Anna Maria 1997 Wentworth 1998 Wentworth 1999 Roger Williams 2000 Endicott 2001 Colby-Sawyer 2002 Colby-Sawyer 2003 Colby-Sawyer
Full results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 2004 Endicott 83–76 Colby-Sawyer Beverly, MA 2005 Endicott 71–59 Roger Williams Beverly, MA 2006 Endicott 65–56 Colby-Sawyer Beverly, MA 2007 Wentworth 98–90 Curry Milton, MA 2008 Curry 83–66 Roger Williams Milton, MA 2009 New England 90–79 Colby-Sawyer Biddeford, ME 2010 Gordon 56–54 Curry Wenham, MA 2011 Salve Regina 68–58 (OT) Wentworth Boston, MA 2012 Endicott 90–66 Salve Regina Newport, RI 2013 Curry 69–63 Gordon Milton, MA 2014 Gordon 69–65 Nichols Dudley, MA 2015 Endicott 90–60 Wentworth Beverly, MA 2016 Endicott 75–62 Roger Williams Beverly, MA 2017 Nichols 67–64 Endicott Dudley, MA 2018 Nichols 98–89 Endicott Dudley, MA 2019 Nichols 105–90 Gordon Worcester, MA 2020 Nichols76–75EndicottBeverly, MA 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Nichols60–55Salve ReginaDudley, MA 2023 Nichols 87–64 Western New EnglandDudley, MA 2024 Roger Williams 79–76 Suffolk Bristol, RI 2025 Western New England 75–74 Suffolk Springfield, MA 2026 Endicott 87–66 Western New England Beverly, MA
Championship records Results incomplete for 1985–2003 School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Endicott 8–3 11 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2026 Nichols 6–1 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Anna Maria 5–0 5 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 Roger Williams 3–3 6 1987, 1999, 2024 Colby-Sawyer 3–3 6 2001, 2002, 2003 Curry 3–2 5 1986, 2008, 2013 Wentworth 3–2 5 1997, 1998, 2007 Salve Regina 3–2 5 1989, 1995, 2011 Gordon 2–2 4 2010, 2014 Coast Guard 2–0 2 1985, 1988 Western New England 1–2 3 2025 New England 1–0 1 2009 Eastern Nazarene 1–0 1 1993 Suffolk 0–2 2 Hartford and Johnson & Wales have not yet qualified for the CNE tournament finals. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of CNE.
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