1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

1995–96 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Mount St. Mary's162 .889218  .724
Marist144 .778227  .759
Monmouth144 .7782010  .667
Rider126 .6671911  .633
Saint Francis (PA)117 .6111314  .481
Wagner711 .3891017  .370
Fairleigh Dickinson612 .333720  .259
Long Island513 .278919  .321
St. Francis Brooklyn315 .167918  .333
Robert Morris216 .111523  .179
1996 NEC tournament winner

1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199596
Teams10
Finals siteWilliam T. Boylan Gymnasium
West Long Branch, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (1st title)
Winning coachWayne Szoke (1st title)
MVPCorey Albano (Monmouth)

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 Mount St. Mary's 93
8 Long Island 82 9 Long Island 58
9 St. Francis Brooklyn 63 1 Mount St. Mary's 70
4 Rider 74
4 Rider 84
5 Saint Francis (PA) 70
4 Rider 59
3 Monmouth 60
2 Marist 70
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 80 10 Robert Morris 51
10 Robert Morris 87 2 Marist 56
3 Monmouth 57
3 Monmouth 64
6 Wagner 55

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1996 NEC All-Tournament Team

Corey Albano, MU
Mustafa Barksdale, MU
Danny Basile, MAR
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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