Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Northeast Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Campus of highest seed
Played	1982–present[1]
Last contest	2018
Current champion	LIU Brooklyn
Most championships	Robert Morris (8)
Official website	NEC Men's Basketball

The Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Northeast Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the 1981–82 season when the Northeast Conference was established. It is an eight-team single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. After the quarterfinals, the teams are shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. The tournament winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA basketball tournament.

Robert Morris is the program that has won the most NEC Tournament Championships (8) followed by LIU Brooklyn (6).^[2] LIU Brooklyn has been the only program to win three consecutive tournament championships, from 2011–2013. Robert Morris has won back-to-back championships on three occasions (1982-83, 1989-90 and 2009-10), the only other programs to win back-to-back championships, Marist and Rider, are no longer members of the NEC.

History of the Tournament Final

Year	NEC Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Tournament MVP	Championship Venue
1982	Robert Morris	85–84	Long Island	Tom Parks, RMU	Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York)
1983	Robert Morris	79–67	Long Island	Chipper Harris, RMU	John Jay Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
1984	Long Island	87–81	Robert Morris	Carey Scurry, LIU	McCann Field House (Poughkeepsie, New York)
1985	Fairleigh Dickinson	63–59	Loyola (MD)	Larry Hampton, FDU	Reitz Arena (Baltimore, Maryland)
1986	Marist	57–56^OT	Fairleigh Dickinson	Rik Smits, MARIST	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
1987	Marist	64–55^OT	Fairleigh Dickinson	Drafton Davis, MARIST	McCann Field House (Poughkeepsie, New York)
1988	Fairleigh Dickinson	90–75	Monmouth	Jaime Latney, FDU	Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey)
1989	Robert Morris	69–68	Fairleigh Dickinson	Vaughn Luton, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
1990	Robert Morris	71–66	Monmouth	Alex Blackwell, MONMOUTH	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
1991	Saint Francis (PA)	97–82	Fairleigh Dickinson	Mike Iuzzolino, SFU	DeGol Arena (Loretto, Pennsylvania)
1992	Robert Morris	85–81	Marist	Myron Walker, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
1993	Rider	65–64	Wagner	Darrick Suber, RIDER	Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
1994	Rider	62–56	Monmouth	Charles Smith, RIDER	Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
1995	Mount St. Mary's	69–62	Rider	Silas Cheung, MSM	Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
1996	Monmouth	60–59	Rider	Corey Albano, MONMOUTH	William T. Boylan Gymnasium (West Long Branch, New Jersey)
1997	Long Island	72–67	Monmouth	Charles Jones, LIU	Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York)
1998	Fairleigh Dickinson	105–91	Long Island	Rahshon Turner, FDU	Schwartz Athletic Center (Brooklyn, New York)
1999	Mount St. Mary's	72–56	Central Connecticut	Gregory Harris, MSM	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)
2000	Central Connecticut	63–46	Robert Morris	Rick Mickens, CCSU	Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey)
2001	Monmouth	67–64	St. Francis (NY)	Rahsaan Johnson, MONMOUTH	Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey)
2002	Central Connecticut	78–71	Quinnipiac	Damian Battles, CCSU	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (New Britain, Connecticut)
2003	Wagner	78–61	St. Francis (NY)	Jermaine Hall, WAGNER	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)
2004	Monmouth	67–55	Central Connecticut	Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH	William T. Boylan Gymnasium (West Long Branch, New Jersey)
2005	Fairleigh Dickinson	58–52	Wagner	Tamien Trent, FDU	Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey)
2006	Monmouth	49–48	Fairleigh Dickinson	Marques Alston, MONMOUTH	Rothman Center (Hackensack, New Jersey)
2007	Central Connecticut	74–70	Sacred Heart	Javier Mojica, CCSU	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (Fairfield, Connecticut)
2008	Mount St. Mary's	68–55	Sacred Heart	Jean Cajou, MSM	William H. Pitt Center (Fairfield, Connecticut)
2009	Robert Morris	48–46	Mount St. Mary's	Jeremy Chappell, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
2010	Robert Morris	52–50	Quinnipiac	Karon Abraham, RMU	TD Bank Sports Center (Hamden, Connecticut)
2011	Long Island	85–82^OT	Robert Morris	Jamal Olasewere, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York)
2012	Long Island	90–73	Robert Morris	Julian Boyd, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York)
2013	Long Island	91–70	Mount St. Mary's	C. J. Garner, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center (Brooklyn, New York)
2014	Mount St. Mary's	88–71	Robert Morris	Rashad Whack, MSM	Charles L. Sewall Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
2015	Robert Morris	66–63	St. Francis (NY)	Rodney Prior, RMU	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (Brooklyn, New York)
2016	Farleigh Dickinson	87–79	Wagner	Earl Potts, Jr., FDU	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)
2017	Mount St. Mary's	71–61	St. Francis (PA)	Elijah Long, MSM	Knott Arena (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
2018	Long Island	71–61	Wagner	Joel Hernandez, LIU	Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, New York)

Winners and finals appearances by school

‡	Denotes school is a former member of the NEC

School	Finals Appearances	Championships	Years
Robert Morris	13	8	1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2015
LIU Brooklyn	9	6	1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Fairleigh Dickinson	10	5	1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016
Mount St. Mary's	7	5	1995, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2017
Monmouth^‡	8	4	1996, 2001, 2004, 2006
Central Connecticut	5	3	2000, 2002, 2007
Marist^‡	3	2	1986, 1987
Rider^‡	4	2	1993, 1994
Saint Francis (PA)	2	1	1991
Wagner	4	1	2003
St. Francis Brooklyn	3	0	—
Quinnipiac^‡	2	0	—
Sacred Heart	2	0	—
Loyola (MD)^‡	1	0	—
Bryant	0	0	—

References

↑ Past Northeast Conference champions and MVPs, NortheastConference.org, May 16, 2013
↑ "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

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[sportsref-1] Past Northeast Conference champions and MVPs, NortheastConference.org, May 16, 2013

[2] "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

Northeast Conference men's basketball
Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18