1995 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1995 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Mount St. Mary's won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament.

1994–95 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Rider135 .7221811  .621
Mount St. Mary's126 .6671713  .567
Marist126 .6671711  .607
Monmouth117 .6111314  .481
Fairleigh Dickinson117 .6111612  .571
Wagner99 .5001017  .370
Long Island810 .4441117  .393
Saint Francis (PA)711 .3891216  .429
St. Francis Brooklyn513 .278918  .333
Robert Morris216 .111423  .148
1995 NEC tournament winner

1995 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199495
Teams10
Finals siteAlumni Gymnasium
Lawrenceville, NJ
ChampionsMount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coachJim Phelan (1st title)
MVPSilas Cheung (Mount St. Mary's)

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of a ten-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The first round was played by the four lowest seeds (7–10) and the other teams received a bye.

Bracket

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
1 Rider 95
8 Saint Francis (PA) 95 8 Saint Francis (PA) 76
9 St. Francis Brooklyn 76 1 Rider 76
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 65
4 Monmouth 71
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 73
1 Rider 62
2 Mount St. Mary's 69
2 Mount St. Mary's 68
7 Long Island 87 10 Long Island 67
10 Robert Morris 80 2 Mount St. Mary's 84
3 Marist 79
3 Marist 91
6 Wagner 75

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1995 NEC All-Tournament Team

Silas Cheung, MSM
Randy Edney, MSM
Joe Griffin, LIU
Deon Hames, RID
Riley Inge, MSM
Charles Smith, RID

References

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