2025 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
| 2025 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Finals site | William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, Connecticut |
| Champions | Saint Francis (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rob Krimmel (1st title) |
| MVP | Juan Cranford Jr. (Saint Francis) |
| Attendance | 10,349 (total) 1,478 (average per game) 3,204 (championship) |
| Top scorer | Devin Haid (Central Connecticut) (57 points) |
| Television | ESPN2, YES, SNP, NESN+, NESN Nation, ESPN+, NEC Front Row |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst ** | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis † | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stonehill * | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne * | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 NEC tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II ** ineligible for both the 2025 NEC tournament and the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament took place on three dates between March 5 and 11, 2025, and each tournament game was played on the home court of the higher-seeded school.
Wagner was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the quarterfinals.
No. 3 seed Saint Francis defeated no. 1 seed Central Connecticut in the tournament final and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament. It was the first NEC title for St. Francis since 1991. Central Connecticut's last NEC tournament championship was in 2007.
Tournament MVP Juan Cranford Jr. became the fourth player to win the award after being named NEC rookie of the year in the same season.
This was the final men's tournament held under the "Northeast Conference" name. On October 2, 2025, the conference changed its name to its longstanding initialism of NEC.