2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2003–04
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals siteWilliam T. Boylan Gymnasium
West Long Branch, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (2nd title)
MVPBlake Hamilton (MONMOUTH)
← 2003
2005 →
2003–04 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Monmouth† 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
St. Francis (NY) 12 – 6   .667 15 – 13   .536
Fairleigh Dickinson 11 – 7   .611 17 – 12   .586
Robert Morris 10 – 8   .556 14 – 15   .483
Saint Francis (PA) 10 – 8   .556 13 – 15   .464
Wagner 10 – 8   .556 13 – 16   .448
Central Connecticut 9 – 9   .500 14 – 14   .500
Mount St. Mary's 8 – 10   .444 10 – 19   .345
Sacred Heart 8 – 10   .444 12 – 15   .444
Quinnipiac 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310
Long Island 4 – 14   .222 8 – 19   .296
† 2004 NEC Tournament winner

The 2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

Format[]

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Monmouth.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center 		Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center 		Championship Game
William T. Boylan Gymnasium
         
1 Monmouth 64
8 Mount St. Mary's 52
1 Monmouth 67
4 Robert Morris 45
4 Robert Morris 58
5 Saint Francis (PA) 43
1 Monmouth 67
7 Central Connecticut 55
2 St. Francis (NY) 68
7 Central Connecticut 81
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 73
7 Central Connecticut 76
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 69
6 Wagner 67
  • Semifinal game, CCSU vs. FDU went into overtime.

All-tournament team[]

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2004 NEC All-Tournament Team

Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH
Tamien Trent, FDU
Ron Robinson, CCSU
Dwayne Byfield, MONMOUTH
Tyler Azzarelli, MONMOUTH

References[]

  1. ^ "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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