1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament

1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1985–86
Teams8
SiteCharles L. Sewall Center
Moon Township, PA
ChampionsMarist (1st title)
Winning coachMatthew Furjanic Jr. (3rd title)
MVPRik Smits (Marist)
ECAC Metro men's basketball tournaments
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1985–86 ECAC Metro men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson 13 3   .813 22 8   .733
Marist 11 5   .688 19 12   .613
Loyola (MD) 10 6   .625 16 12   .571
Wagner 10 6   .625 16 13   .552
Saint Francis (PA) 8 8   .500 10 18   .357
Robert Morris 6 10   .375 10 18   .357
Monmouth* 6 10   .375 9 19   .321
St. Francis (NY) 4 12   .250 9 19   .321
Long Island 4 12   .250 9 19   .321
1986 ECAC Metro tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament


The 1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament (now known as the Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 4–6. All three rounds of the tournament were played at Charles L. Sewall Center in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.[1]

Marist defeated Fairleigh Dickinson in the championship game, 57–56 in overtime, to win the school's first ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament title. The Red Foxes earned the automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament.

  1. ^ "1985-86 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.