2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200506
Teams 8
Site Campus sites
Finals site Rothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
Champions Monmouth (4th title)
Winning coach Dave Calloway (3rd title)
MVP Marques Alston (Monmouth)
2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson144 .778  2012  .625
Central Connecticut135 .722  1811  .621
Monmouth126 .667  1915  .559
Mount St. Mary's117 .611  1317  .433
Robert Morris108 .556  1514  .517
Long Island99 .500  1216  .429
Sacred Heart810 .444  1117  .393
Quinnipiac711 .389  1216  .429
St. Francis (NY)711 .389  1017  .370
Wagner612 .333  1314  .481
Saint Francis (PA)216 .111  424  .143
2006 NEC Tournament winner

The 2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the second straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Reseeded Semifinals Championship Game
                           
  1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
8 Quinnipiac 65
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 71  
5 Robert Morris 55  
2 Central Connecticut 86
  7 Sacred Heart 68
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48
  3 Monmouth 49
  3 Monmouth 74
6 LIU Brooklyn 63
2 Central Connecticut 48
3 Monmouth 62  
4 Mount St. Mary's 66
  5 Robert Morris 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Marques Alston, MU
Chris Kenny, MU
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Chad Timberlake, FDU
Jeremy Chappell, RMU

References

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