ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
The Eastern College Athletic Conference, although not a normal "conference" in the sense we usually think of conferences, does conduct its own tournaments in the post-season since 1973. The Division I level of this tournament was held from 1973-1981, and effectively determined the NCAA Division I automatic qualifier from among the eastern independents. Other than that exception, the tournaments have served as an invitational event, the participating teams selected from among those teams not invited to participate in the NCAA tournament.
From 1973-1980, four combined Division II/III events (New England, Upstate, Metro, and South) were held annually with the exception of several years when no South tournament was held; beginning in 1981 these were restricted to Division III teams only. Division II was again served with a tournament from 1988-2008, except for 2006; this event has now gone dormant due to the combined effects of the increase in the NCAA Division II Tournament field and a dwindling number of Division II teams which are members of the ECAC.
Because the fields are small (usually an eight-team bracket), we've chosen to include each individual event for a given year on a single page, rather than having an individual page for each tournament.
Champions
| Year | III Metro | III New England | III Southern | III Upstate | |
| 2010 | Baruch (2) | Elms | Penn State-Behrend (2) | Ithaca (3) | |
| 2009 | Lehman | Becker | Washington & Jefferson | Hartwick | Division II |
| 2008 | Stevens Tech | Newbury | Carnegie Mellon | Brockport State (2) | Saint Vincent |
| 2007 | New York | Western New England | DeSales (2)ˆ | Vassar | Goldey-Beacom |
| 2006 | New Jersey City (6)ˆ | Wheaton (MA) (2) | Albright | Ithaca (2) | no championship |
| 2005 | Kean (4) | Wheaton (MA) | Franklin & Marshall (3) | Oswego State | Bridgeport (2)† |
| 2004 | Ramapo (2) | Western Connecticut State (2) | Lebanon Valley (4) | Geneseo State (3) | Felician |
| 2003 | Baruch | Babson | Franklin & Marshall (2) | Rochester Tech (2) | Mansfield (3)† |
| 2002 | Ramapo | Massachusetts-Dartmouth | Franklin & Marshall | Saint Lawrence | Southampton |
| 2001 | New Jersey City (5)ˆ | Williams (3) | King's (PA) | Geneseo State (2) | Saint Rose (2) |
| 2000 | Montclair State | Tufts (3) | Lebanon Valley (3) | Ithaca (2) | Saint Michael's (2) |
| 1999 | Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison§ | Williams (2) | Penn State-Behrend | New Paltz State | Merrimack (3) |
| 1998 | York (NY) | Colby-Sawyer | Lebanon Valley (2) | Plattsburgh State | Merrimack (2) |
| 1997 | Drew | Eastern Nazarene | Johns Hopkins | Nazareth | Massachusetts-Lowell |
| 1996 | Rutgers-Newark | Amherst (4) | Lincoln (PA) (3) | Oneonta State | Saint Michael's |
| 1995 | Kean (3) | Amherst (3) | Alvernia | Fredonia State (2) | New York Tech |
| 1994 | Jersey City State (4)ˆ | Western Connecticut State | Lincoln (PA) (2) | Elmira (2) | Adelphi |
| 1993 | Jersey City State (3)ˆ | Colby (3) | Lincoln (PA) | Rochester Tech | Saint Rose |
| 1992 | Glassboro State§ | Brandeis (2) | Dickinson | Hamilton (10) | Millersville |
| 1991 | Medgar Evers | Colby (2) | Allentownˆ | Potsdam State (2) | Pace (2) |
| 1990 | Stony Brook | Colby | Lebanon Valley | Hamilton (9) | Pace |
| 1989 | Kean (2) | Trinity (CT) (4) | Ursinus | Albany (2) | Merrimack |
| 1988 | New Jersey Tech (3) | Amherst (2) | Frostburg State | Geneseo State | Dowling |
| 1987 | Old Westbury State | Williams | Mary Washington | Hamilton (8) | |
| 1986 | Staten Island | Trinity (CT) (3) | Catholic | Hamilton (7) | |
| 1985 | New Jersey Tech (2) | Trinity (CT) (2) | no championship | Fredonia State | |
| 1984 | Moravian | Trinity (CT) | Hamilton (6) | ||
| 1983 | Jersey City State (2)ˆ | Rhode Island College | Hamilton (5) | ||
| 1982 | New Jersey Tech (2) | Tufts (2) | Hamilton (4) | ||
| 1981 | Jersey City Stateˆ | Massachusetts Maritime | Hamilton (3) | ||
| Year | II/III Metro | II/III New England | II/III Southern | II/III Upstate | |
| 1980 | Monmouth (NJ) (2) | Saint Anselm | Mansfield State (2) | Elmira | |
| 1979 | Monmouth (NJ) | Sacred Heart | East Stroudsburg State (2) | Hamilton (2) | |
| 1978 | Trenton State (2)§ | Quinnipiac (3) | Loyola (MD) | Albany | |
| 1977 | Kean | Quinnipiac (2) | Mansfield State | Potsdam State | |
| 1976 | Upsala | Amherst | no championship | Hamilton | |
| 1975 | Bridgeport | Quinnipiac | Bloomsburg State | Union (NY) (2) | |
| 1974 | Trenton State§ | Brandeis | Cheyney State | Brockport State | |
| 1973 | Brooklyn | Tufts | East Stroudsburg State | Union (NY) |
Disambiguation Notes
Two schools have won multiple ECAC titles in different divisions (†):
- Mansfield (State) won two ECAC II/III South titles, then won an ECAC Division II title
- Bridgeport won an ECAC II/III Metro title, then won an ECAC Division II title
Two schools have won ECAC titles under two different names (ˆ):
- Jersey City State became New Jersey City University
- Allentown became DeSales
Three schools have won ECAC titles under former names, but not since their name change (§):
- Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison later became Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham
- Glassboro State later became Rowan
- Trenton State later became College of New Jersey
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