Metropolitan Collegiate Conference

This article is about the NCAA Division I athletics conference that existed from 1965 to 1969. For other uses, see Metropolitan Conference.

The Metropolitan Collegiate Conference (MCC) was a college athletic conference that existed from 1965 until 1969.^[1][2] The participating schools were exclusively from New York and New Jersey. The 10 founding members of the conference in 1965 were: Manhattan, Long Island University, New York University, Hofstra, Fairleigh Dickinson, Saint Peter's, Seton Hall, Iona, Wagner and St. Francis.^[2]

For the 1967–68 season NYU left the conference to become an independent, and for the 1968–69 season St. Francis followed. By 1969 the conference was defunct.

Men's basketball champions

Season	Regular season champion	Postseason tournaments
1965–66	Manhattan (8–1)[3]	Manhattan, NIT first round NYU, NIT 2nd Place LIU, NCAA College Division Quarterfinals
1966–67	St. Francis (NY) (7–2)[4] Saint Peter's (7–2) Manhattan (7–2)	Saint Peter's, NIT first round LIU, NCAA College Division Quarterfinals Wagner, NCAA College Division Regional semifinals
1967–68	St. Peter's (8–0)	Saint Peter's, NIT 3rd Place Game
1968–69	St. Peter's (7–1) Manhattan (7–1)	Saint Peter's, NIT Quarterfinals

References

1. "Metropolitan Collegiate Conference". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
2. "College Basketball Will Get Under Way Across the Nation on Wednesday". New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Manhattan Beats St. Francis, Wins Title". New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "St. John's, Paced by Dove, Defeats Massachusetts, 76-64". New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2020.