United East Men's Basketball Championship
{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament
| name = United East men's basketball tournament
| optional_subheader = Conference basketball championship
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| sport = Basketball
| conference = United East Conference
| number_of_teams =
| format = Single-elimination tournament
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| years = 2005–present
| most_recent =
| current_champion = Bryn Athyn (1st)
| most_championships = Morrisville State (5)
| television =
| website = {{URL|https://gounitedeast.com/sports/mbball}}
| sponsors =
| all_stadiums = Campus arenas (2005–present)
| all_locations = Campus sites (2005–present)
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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.{{cite web| title = North Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship History | work =Men's basketball history| publisher = NEAC | year=2019| url =http://www.neacsports.com/sports/mbkb/NEAC_MBB_Championship_History.pdf | access-date = 20 February 2019}}
The winner receives the United East's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.
Results
=North Eastern Athletic Conference=
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Year
!Champions !Score !Runner-up !Venue |
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| 2005 | Keystone | 79–70 |
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| 2006 | Keystone | 84–77 | Villa Julie |
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| 2007 | Villa Julie | 94–92 (OT) | Chestnut Hill |
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| 2008 | 84–73 |
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| 2009 | 78–49 | Wells |
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| 2010 | SUNY Poly | 99–71 | Wells | Utica, NY |
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| 2011 | Wells | 75–72 (OT) |
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| 2012 | 76–72 | Penn State Harrisburg |
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| 2013 | Morrisville State | 74–72 | Wells | Morrisville, NY |
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| 2014 | Morrisville State | 73–65 |
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| 2015 | 49–46 | Lancaster Bible | Lancaster, PA |
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| 2016 | Lancaster Bible | 97–71 | Morrisville State | Lancaster, PA |
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| 2017 | Morrisville State | 70–63 | Lancaster Bible |
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| 2018 | Lancaster Bible | 74–69 | Morrisville State | Lancaster, PA |
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| 2019 | Morrisville State | 91–73 | SUNY Poly | Gansevoort, NY |
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| 2020 |Penn State Harrisburg |76–69 (OT) |Lancaster Bible |Latham, NY |
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| 2021 |colspan=4|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
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Year
!Champions !Score !Runner-up !Venue |
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| 2022 |Penn State Harrisburg |85–52 |Lancaster Bible |Lancaster, PA |
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| 2023 |Lancaster Bible |87–76 |Lancaster, PA |
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| 2024 |Penn State Harrisburg | 84–61 | Saint Elizabeth | Middletown, PA |
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| 2025 | 82–69 |
Championship records
Schools in red are not United East members as of the 2023–24 season.
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School
! Finals Record ! Finals Appearances ! class=unsortable | Years |
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| 5–2 | 7 |align=left| 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 |
Lancaster Bible
| 3–4 | 7 |align=left| 2016, 2018, 2023 |
Penn State Harrisburg
| 3–2 | 5 |align=left| 2020, 2022, 2024 |
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| 2–1 | 3 |align=left| 2009, 2010 |
Keystone
| 2–0 | 2 |align=left| 2005, 2006 |
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| Wells | 1–3 | 4 |align=left| 2011 |
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| Stevenson | 1–2 | 3 |align=left| 2007 |
Bryn Athyn
| 1–0 | 1 |align=left| 2025 |
Clarks Summit (Baptist Bible) | 1–0 | 1 |align=left| 2008 |
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| 1–0 | 1 |align=left| 2015 |
Notre Dame Maryland
| 0–1 | 1 |align=left| |
Saint Elizabeth
| 0–1 | 1 |align=left| |
Penn State Abington
| 0–1 | 1 |align=left| |
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| 0–1 | 1 |align=left| |
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| 0–1 | 1 |align=left| |
- Cairn (Philadelphia Biblical), Cedar Crest, Gallaudet, Penn College, Penn State Berks, Penn State Brandywine, Rosemont, St. Mary's (MD), Valley Forge, and Wilson have yet to advance to the NEAC or United East tournament finals.
- Bard, D'Youville, Keuka, NYU Poly, SUNY Purchase, and SUNY Morrisville never advanced for the tournament finals as NEAC members.
References
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{{NCAA men's college basketball tournament navbox}}
{{United East Conference navbox}}
Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball conference tournaments