1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament

1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198586
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
1985–86 ECAC Metro men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson133 .813228  .733
Marist115 .6881912  .613
Loyola (MD)106 .6251612  .571
Wagner106 .6251613  .552
Saint Francis (PA)88 .5001018  .357
Robert Morris610 .3751018  .357
Monmouth*610 .375919  .321
St. Francis (NY)412 .250919  .321
Long Island412 .250919  .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.

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.