The Mountain East Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Mountain East Conference. The tournament has been held annually since the MEC's establishment in 2013, with the first tournament taking place in 2014. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
From 2014 to 2018, the tournament was hosted by the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Following several years of low attendance, the league announce it would move the event to the Wheeling Civic Center for at least 2019 and 2020.
The winner receives the Mountain East's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue 2014 Charleston 63–60 West Liberty Fred Simpson, Charleston Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) 2015 Glenville State 65–58 Fairmont State Donte Morales, Glenville State Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) 2016 Concord 70–64 Notre Dame (OH) Rob Reed, Concord Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) 2017 West Liberty 67–65 Fairmont State David Hoehn, West Liberty Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) 2018 Wheeling Jesuit 80–65 Charleston Haywood Highsmith, Wheeling Jesuit Charleston Civic Center Coliseum (Charleston, WV) 2019 Notre Dame (OH) 100-96 West Liberty Will Vorhees, Notre Dame (OH) WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2020 West Liberty 73–60 Charleston Will Yoakum, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2021 Fairmont State 102–99 West Liberty Dale Bonner, Fairmont State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2022 West Liberty 70–59 Charleston (WV) Pat Robinson III, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2023 West Liberty 112–82 Fairmont State Bryce Butler, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2024 Charleston 78–68 West Liberty Dwaine Jones, Charleston WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2025 Fairmont State 122–114 (3OT) West Liberty Rudy Fitzgibbons III, Fairmont State WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV) 2026 West Liberty 93-88 Fairmont State Myles Montgomery, West Liberty WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years West Liberty 5–5 10 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2026 Fairmont State 2–4 6 2021, 2025 Charleston 2–3 5 2014, 2024 Notre Dame (OH) 1–1 2 2019 Wheeling(Wheeling Jesuit) 1–0 1 2018 Concord (WV) 1–0 1 2016 Glenville State 1–0 1 2015
Alderson Broaddus, Shepherd, Urbana, and UVA Wise never qualified for the tournament finals as MEC members. Davis & Elkins, Frostburg State, Point Park, West Virginia State, and West Virginia Wesleyan have yet to reach a tournament final. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Mountain East Conference
See also Mountain East Conference women's basketball tournament
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