1999 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1999 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Mount St. Mary's won the championship, their second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

1998–99 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UMBC173 .850199  .679
St. Francis Brooklyn164 .800208  .714
Robert Morris128 .6001512  .556
Central Connecticut119 .5501913  .594
Long Island1010 .5001017  .370
Mount St. Mary's1010 .5001515  .500
Fairleigh Dickinson911 .4501216  .429
Wagner713 .350918  .333
Saint Francis (PA)713 .350917  .346
Quinnipiac614 .300918  .333
Monmouth515 .250521  .192
1999 NEC tournament winner

1999 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199899
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
ChampionsMount St. Mary's (2nd title)
Winning coachJim Phelan (2nd title)
MVPGregory Harris (Mount St. Mary's)

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 UMBC 63
8 Wagner 56
1 UMBC 72
4 Central Connecticut 82
4 Central Connecticut 67
5 Long Island 58
4 Central Connecticut 56
6 Mount St. Mary's 72
2 St. Francis Brooklyn 65
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 58
2 St. Francis Brooklyn 66
6 Mount St. Mary's 68
3 Robert Morris 63
6 Mount St. Mary's 80

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1999 NEC All-Tournament Team

Gregory Harris, MSM
Corsley Edwards, CCSU
Ray Minlend, SFNY
Terence Ward, UMBC
Charron Watson, CCSU
Melvin Whitaker, MSM

References

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