1986 ECAC Metro men's basketball 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 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.