2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteRothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (4th title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (3rd title)
MVPMarques Alston (Monmouth)
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2007 →
2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson 14 – 4   .778 20 – 12   .625
Central Connecticut 13 – 5   .722 18 – 11   .621
Monmouth† 12 – 6   .667 19 – 15   .559
Mount St. Mary's 11 – 7   .611 13 – 17   .433
Robert Morris 10 – 8   .556 15 – 14   .517
Long Island 9 – 9   .500 12 – 16   .429
Sacred Heart 8 – 10   .444 11 – 17   .393
Quinnipiac 7 – 11   .389 12 – 16   .429
St. Francis (NY) 7 – 11   .389 10 – 17   .370
Wagner 6 – 12   .333 13 – 14   .481
Saint Francis (PA) 2 – 16   .111 4 – 24   .143
† 2006 NEC Tournament winner

The 2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Format[]

For the second straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals Reseeded Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
8 Quinnipiac 65
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 71
5 Robert Morris 55
2 Central Connecticut 86
7 Sacred Heart 68
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Monmouth 49
3 Monmouth 74
6 LIU Brooklyn 63
2 Central Connecticut 48
3 Monmouth 62
4 Mount St. Mary's 66
5 Robert Morris 67

All-tournament team[]

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Marques Alston, MU
Chris Kenny, MU
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Chad Timberlake, FDU
Jeremy Chappell, RMU

References[]

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