United East Men's Basketball Championship

The United East men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division III United East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the conference was founded in 2005 as the North Eastern Athletic Conference. The conference adopted its current name for the 2021–22 season, and underwent a major expansion in 2023 when it merged with the Colonial States Athletic Conference, with the two leagues agreeing to operate under the United East banner. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

United East men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceUnited East Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2005–present
Current championPenn State Harrisburg (3rd)
Most championshipsMorrisville State (5)
Official websitegounitedeast.com/sports/mbball
Host stadiums
Campus arenas (2005–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (2005–present)

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the United East's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.

Results

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North Eastern Athletic Conference

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
2005 Keystone 79–70 Villa Julie Philadelphia, PA
2006 Keystone 84–77 Villa Julie La Plume, PA
2007 Villa Julie 94–92 (OT) Chestnut Hill Stevenson, MD
2008 Baptist Bible 84–73 Cazenovia Cazenovia, NY
2009 SUNY Poly 78–49 Wells Utica, NY
2010 SUNY Poly 99–71 Wells Utica, NY
2011 Wells 75–72 (OT) Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA
2012 Morrisville State 76–72 Penn State Harrisburg Morrisville, NY
2013 Morrisville State 74–72 Wells Morrisville, NY
2014 Morrisville State 73–65 Lancaster Bible Lancaster, PA
2015 SUNY Cobleskill 49–46 Lancaster Bible Lancaster, PA
2016 Lancaster Bible 97–71 Morrisville State Lancaster, PA
2017 Morrisville State 70–63 Lancaster Bible Washington, DC
2018 Lancaster Bible 74–69 Morrisville State Lancaster, PA
2019 Morrisville State 91–73 SUNY Poly Gansevoort, NY
2020 Penn State Harrisburg 76–69 (OT) Lancaster Bible Latham, NY
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

United East Conference

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Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue
2022 Penn State Harrisburg 85–52 Lancaster Bible Lancaster, PA
2023 Lancaster Bible 87–76 Penn State Abington Lancaster, PA
2024 Penn State Harrisburg 84–61 Saint Elizabeth Middletown, PA

Championship records

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Schools in red are not United East members as of the 2023–24 season.

School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years
Morrisville State 5–2 7 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019
Lancaster Bible 3–4 7 2016, 2018, 2023
Penn State Harrisburg 3–2 5 2020, 2022, 2024
SUNY Poly 2–1 3 2009, 2010
Keystone 2–0 2 2005, 2006
Wells 1–3 4 2011
Stevenson
(Villa Julie)
1–2 3 2007
Clarks Summit
(Baptist Bible)
1–0 1 2008
SUNY Cobleskill 1–0 1 2015
Saint Elizabeth 0–1 1
Penn State Abington 0–1 1
Cazenovia 0–1 1
Chestnut Hill 0–1 1

References

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  1. ^ "North Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). Men's basketball history. NEAC. 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.