2001 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2001 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000–01
Teams 8
Site Sovereign Bank Arena
Trenton, NJ
Champions Monmouth (2nd title)
Winning coach Dave Calloway (1st title)
MVP Rahsaan Johnson (MU)
2000–01 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
St. Francis (NY)16–4 .800  18–11  .621
Monmouth†15–5 .750  21–10  .677
UMBC13–7 .650  18–11  .621
Long Island12–8 .600  12–16  .429
Wagner11–9 .550  16–13  .552
Central Connecticut11–9 .550  14–14  .500
Fairleigh Dickinson10–10 .500  13–15  .464
Saint Francis (PA)9–11 .450  9–18  .333
Mount St. Mary's7–13 .350  7–21  .250
Robert Morris7–13 .350  7–22  .241
Sacred Heart6–14 .300  7–21  .250
Quinnipiac3–17 .150  6–21  .222
† 2001 NEC Tournament winner

The 2001 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its second, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of the conferences top seven teams. All games were played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. The #1 seed received a bye for the first round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
  4 Long Island 83    
  5 Wagner 88    
        1 St. Francis (NY) 72  
            5 Wagner 65    
               
      1 St. Francis (NY) 64
  2 Monmouth 71               2 Monmouth 67
  7 Fairleigh Dickinson 59              
        2 Monmouth 67    
        3 UMBC 54  
  3 UMBC 59    
  6 Central Connecticut 44  

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2001 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahsaan Johnson, MU
Gerry Crosby, MU
Richy Dominguez, SFNY
Steven Howard, SFNY
Jermaine Hall, WAGNER

References

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