1995 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1995 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Mount St. Mary's won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament.

1994–95 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Rider135 .722  1811  .621
Mount St. Mary's126 .667  1713  .567
Marist126 .667  1711  .607
Monmouth117 .611  1314  .481
Fairleigh Dickinson117 .611  1612  .571
Wagner99 .500  1017  .370
Long Island810 .444  1117  .393
Saint Francis (PA)711 .389  1216  .429
St. Francis (NY)513 .278  918  .333
Robert Morris216 .111  423  .148
1995 NEC Tournament winner
1995 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199495
Teams10
Finals siteAlumni Gymnasium
Lawrenceville, NJ
ChampionsMount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coachJim Phelan (1st title)
MVPSilas Cheung (MSM)


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 Rider 95  
  8 Saint Francis (PA) 76  
8 Saint Francis (PA) 95  
9 St. Francis (NY) 76
  1 Rider 76  
  5 Fairleigh Dickinson 65  
4 Monmouth 71
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 73  
  1 Rider 62
  2 Mount St. Mary's 69
3 Marist 91  
6 Wagner 75  
  2 Mount St. Mary's 84
  3 Marist 79  
7 Long Island 87  
10 Robert Morris 80  
  2 Mount St. Mary's 68
10 Long Island 67  

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1995 NEC All-Tournament Team

Silas Cheung, MSM
Randy Edney, MSM
Joe Griffin, LIU
Deon Hames, RID
Riley Inge, MSM
Charles Smith, RID

References

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