Sport Basketball Played 1982–present Current champion Mount St. Mary's Number of teams 8 | Current stadium Campus of highest seed Last contest 2017 Conference Northeast Conference | |
Format Single-elimination tournament | ||
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The Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Northeast Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the 1981–82 season, when the Northeast Conference was established. It is a eight-team single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. After the quarterfinals, the teams are shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. The tournament winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA basketball tournament.
Robert Morris is the program that has won the most NEC Tournament Championships (8) followed by LIU Brooklyn (5). LIU Brooklyn has been the only program to win three consecutive tournament championships, from 2011–2013. Robert Morris has won back-to-back championships on three occasions (1982-83, 1989-90 and 2009-10), the only other programs to win back-to-back championships, Marist and Rider, are no longer members of the NEC.