Conference of New England men's basketball tournament

Collegiate basketball tournament

Conference of New England men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Conference of New England
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Played	1985–present
Current champion	Roger Williams (3rd)
Most championships	Endicott (7)
Official website	CCC men's basketball
Host stadiums
Campus gyms (2004–present)
Host locations
Campus sites (2004–present)

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

Year	Champions
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

Year	Champions	Score	Runner-up	Venue
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	Nichols	76–75	Endicott	Beverly, MA
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Nichols	60–55	Salve Regina	Dudley, MA
2023	Nichols	87–64	Western New England	Dudley, MA
2024	Roger Williams	79–76	Suffolk	Bristol, RI

Championship records

Results incomplete for 1985–2003

School	Finals Record	Finals Appearances	Years
Endicott	7–3	10	2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016
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
New England	1–0	1	2009
Eastern Nazarene	1–0	1	1993
Suffolk	0–1	1
Western New England	0–1	1

Hartford have not yet qualified for the CNE tournament finals.
Schools highlighted in pink are former members of CNE.

References

"Men's Basketball Past Champions". Web archives. CCC. 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Classic Acrisure Holiday Invitational Acrisure Invitational Arizona Tip-Off Bahamas Championship Battle 4 Atlantis Big 5 Classic Boardwalk Battle Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Charleston Classic Diamond Head Classic Empire Classic Emerald Coast Classic ESPN Events Invitational Fort Myers Tip-Off Greenbrier Tip-Off Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip-Off Jacksonville Classic Legends Classic Maui Invitational Myrtle Beach Invitational Nassau Championship NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Phil Knight Invitational Players Era Festival Rady Children's Invitational Sunshine Slam Vegas Showdown
Defunct Early season	All-College Basketball Classic Asheville Championship Belfast Classic Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Continental Tire Main Event Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Crossover Classic DirecTV Classic Great Alaska Shootout Global Sports Classic Jamaica Classic Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Northern Classic Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational SoCal Challenge Southland Basketball Tip-Off Vancouver Showcase
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 (on hiatus until 2027) Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Defunct Conference postseason	American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest
Postseason	NCAA Division I Tournament National Invitation Tournament College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament College Basketball Crown (starting in 2025)
Defunct Postseason	The Basketball Classic Vegas 16 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA CACC Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Defunct Conference postseason	Heartland
Postseason	NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Rivers American Southwest Atlantic East C2C Centennial CUNYAC CCIW CCS Commonwealth Coast Empire 8 Great Northeast HCAC Landmark Liberty Little East MASCAC Michigan Middle Atlantic (MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom) Midwest Minnesota NESCAC NEWMAC New Jersey North Atlantic NACC NCAC Northwest Ohio Old Dominion Presidents' SAA SCIAC SLIAC Skyline SCAC SUNYAC United East Upper Midwest USA South Wisconsin
Defunct Conference postseason	ACAA Colonial States NECC
Postseason	NCAA Division III Tournament ECAC Tournaments

v t e Conference of New England
Current full members	Curry Colonels Endicott Gulls Gordon Fighting Scots (non-football and ice hockey member) Hartford Hawks (non-football and ice hockey member) University of New England (ME) Nor'easters (non-tennis member) Nichols Bison Roger Williams Hawks (non-football and ice hockey member) Suffolk Rams (non-football and lacrosse member) Wentworth Leopards (non-football member) Western New England Golden Bears
Current associate member	Husson Eagles (football)
See also	Commonwealth Coast Football

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