Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Campus of highest seed |
| Played | 1982–present[1] |
| Last contest | 2021 |
| Current champion | Mount St. Mary Mountaineers |
| Most championships | Mount St. Mary Mountaineers (6) |
| Official website | NEC Men's Basketball |
The Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Northeast Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the 1981–82 season when the Northeast Conference was established. It is an eight-team single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. After the quarterfinals, the teams are shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. The tournament winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA basketball tournament.
Robert Morris is the program that has won the most NEC Tournament Championships (9) followed by LIU (6) and Fairleigh Dickinson (6).[2] LIU Brooklyn has been the only program to win three consecutive tournament championships, from 2011–2013. Robert Morris has won back-to-back championships on three occasions (1982-83, 1989-90 and 2009-10), the only other programs to win back-to-back championships, Marist and Rider, are no longer members of the NEC. Of the current conference members (11 programs), four have not won a championship, they are St. Francis Brooklyn, Sacred Heart, Bryant and Merrimack.
History of the Tournament Final[]
| Year | NEC Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Tournament MVP | Championship Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Robert Morris | 85–84 | Long Island | , RMU | Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 1983 | Robert Morris | 79–67 | Long Island | Chipper Harris, RMU | John Jay Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 1984 | Long Island | 87–81 | Robert Morris | Carey Scurry, LIU | McCann Field House (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| 1985 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 63–59 | Loyola (MD) | , FDU | Reitz Arena (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| 1986 | Marist | 57–56OT | Fairleigh Dickinson | Rik Smits, MARIST | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 1987 | Marist | 64–55OT | Fairleigh Dickinson | , MARIST | McCann Field House (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| 1988 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 90–75 | Monmouth | , FDU | Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey) |
| 1989 | Robert Morris | 69–68 | Fairleigh Dickinson | , RMU | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 1990 | Robert Morris | 71–66 | Monmouth | Alex Blackwell, MONMOUTH | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 1991 | St. Francis (PA) | 97–82 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Mike Iuzzolino, SFU | DeGol Arena (Loretto, Pennsylvania) |
| 1992 | Robert Morris | 85–81 | Marist | , RMU | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 1993 | Rider | 65–64 | Wagner | , RIDER | Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| 1994 | Rider | 62–56 | Monmouth | , RIDER | Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| 1995 | Mount St. Mary's | 69–62 | Rider | , MSM | Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| 1996 | Monmouth | 60–59 | Rider | Corey Albano, MONMOUTH | William T. Boylan Gymnasium (West Long Branch, New Jersey) |
| 1997 | Long Island | 72–67 | Monmouth | Charles Jones, LIU | Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 1998 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 105–91 | Long Island | Rahshon Turner, FDU | Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 1999 | Mount St. Mary's | 72–56 | Central Connecticut | , MSM | Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York) |
| 2000 | Central Connecticut | 63–46 | Robert Morris | , CCSU | Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| 2001 | Monmouth | 67–64 | St. Francis (BKN) | , MONMOUTH | Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| 2002 | Central Connecticut | 78–71 | Quinnipiac | , CCSU | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (New Britain, Connecticut) |
| 2003 | Wagner | 78–61 | St. Francis (BKN) | Jermaine Hall, WAGNER | Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York) |
| 2004 | Monmouth | 67–55 | Central Connecticut | , MONMOUTH | William T. Boylan Gymnasium (West Long Branch, New Jersey) |
| 2005 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 58–52 | Wagner | , FDU | Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey) |
| 2006 | Monmouth | 49–48 | Fairleigh Dickinson | , MONMOUTH | Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey) |
| 2007 | Central Connecticut | 74–70 | Sacred Heart | Javier Mojica, CCSU | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| 2008 | Mount St. Mary's | 68–55 | Sacred Heart | , MSM | William H. Pitt Center (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| 2009 | Robert Morris | 48–46 | Mount St. Mary's | Jeremy Chappell, RMU | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 2010 | Robert Morris | 52–50 | Quinnipiac | , RMU | TD Bank Sports Center (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| 2011 | Long Island | 85–82OT | Robert Morris | Jamal Olasewere, LIU | Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 2012 | Long Island | 90–73 | Robert Morris | Julian Boyd, LIU | Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 2013 | Long Island | 91–70 | Mount St. Mary's | , LIU | Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 2014 | Mount St. Mary's | 88–71 | Robert Morris | Rashad Whack, MSM | Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 2015 | Robert Morris | 66–63 | St. Francis (BKN) | , RMU | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (Brooklyn, New York) |
| 2016 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 87–79 | Wagner | Earl Potts, Jr., FDU | Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York) |
| 2017 | Mount St. Mary's | 71–61 | St. Francis (PA) | Elijah Long, MSM | Knott Arena (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
| 2018 | Long Island | 71–61 | Wagner | , LIU | Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York) |
| 2019 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 85–76 | St. Francis (PA) | , FDU | DeGol Arena (Loretto, Pennsylvania) |
| 2020 | Robert Morris[3] | 77–67 | St. Francis (PA) | , RMU | UPMC Events Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania) |
| 2021 | Mount St. Mary's | 73–68 | Bryant | , MSM | Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, Rhode Island) |
Winners and finals appearances by school[]
| ‡ | Denotes school is a former member of the NEC |
| School | Finals Appearances | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Morris‡ | 14 | 9 | 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020 |
| LIU[a] | 9 | 6 | 1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 11 | 6 | 1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016, 2019 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 8 | 6 | 1995, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2017, 2021 |
| Monmouth‡ | 8 | 4 | 1996, 2001, 2004, 2006 |
| Central Connecticut | 5 | 3 | 2000, 2002, 2007 |
| Marist‡ | 3 | 2 | 1986, 1987 |
| Rider‡ | 4 | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
| St. Francis (PA) | 4 | 1 | 1991 |
| Wagner | 4 | 1 | 2003 |
| St. Francis (BKN) | 3 | 0 | — |
| Quinnipiac‡ | 2 | 0 | — |
| Sacred Heart | 2 | 0 | — |
| Loyola (MD)‡ | 1 | 0 | — |
| Bryant | 1 | 0 | — |
| Merrimack[b] | 0 | 0 | — |
- Notes
- ^ From 1981 to 2019, Long Island University was represented in the Northeast Conference by its Brooklyn campus, known for athletic purposes as "Long Island" through the 2012–13 season and "LIU Brooklyn" from 2013–14 forward. After the 2018–19 season, LIU merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses into a single program, now competing as the LIU Sharks, that inherited the NCAA Division I and Northeast Conference memberships of the Brooklyn campus.
- ^ Merrimack, which started a transition from NCAA Division II in 2019, is not eligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play in any of its sports except men's and women's ice hockey until the 2023–24 school year. Under NEC rules, it will not be eligible to participate in the NEC Tournament until its 2024 edition.
Broadcasters[]
Television[]
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ESPN2 | Dan Dakich | ||
| 2020 | ESPN/ESPN2 | Dave Flemming | Sydney Johnson | |
| 2019 | ESPN2 | |||
| 2018 | Rece Davis | Tom Crean | ||
| 2017 | Jim Calhoun | |||
| 2016 | Karl Ravech | |||
| 2015 | Craig Robinson | |||
| 2014 | Mike Crispino | Miles Simon | ||
| 2013 | Tim Welsh | |||
| 2012 | Jon Sciambi | |||
| 2011[4] | LaPhonso Ellis | |||
| 2010[5] | Bob Wischusen | Tim Welsh |
Radio[]
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Westwood One | Gary Cohen | Doug Gottlieb |
| 2015 | Jason Benetti | Alaa Abdelnaby | |
| 2014 | John Sadak | Donny Marshall | |
| 2013 | Dial Global | Kelly Tripucka | |
| 2011[6] | Westwood One | John Tautges | Alaa Abdelnaby |
References[]
- ^ Past Northeast Conference champions and MVPs, NortheastConference.org, May 16, 2013
- ^ "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Robert Morris Secures Ninth #NECMBB Crown, Dancing For First Time Since 2015". Northeast Conference. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/02/28/championship-week-presented-by-dick%e2%80%99s-sporting-goods-schedule/?s-sporting-goods-schedule/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "We've Moved!".
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