2003 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Wagner won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

2003 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals siteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
ChampionsWagner (1st title)
Winning coachDereck Whittenburg (1st title)
MVPJermaine Hal (WAGNER)
2002–03 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wagner144 .778  2111  .656
Monmouth135 .722  1513  .536
Central Connecticut126 .667  1513  .536
Quinnipiac108 .556  1712  .586
Saint Francis (PA)108 .556  1414  .500
St. Francis (NY)99 .500  1416  .467
Fairleigh Dickinson99 .500  1514  .517
Long Island711 .389  919  .321
Robert Morris711 .389  1017  .370
Mount St. Mary's612 .333  1116  .407
Sacred Heart612 .333  821  .276
UMBC513 .278  720  .259
2003 NEC Tournament winner

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Wagner.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center
Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center
Championship Game
Spiro Sports Center
         
1 Wagner 88
8 LIU Brooklyn 66
1 Wagner 61
4 Quinnipiac 54
4 Quinnipiac 75
5 Saint Francis (PA) 57
1 Wagner 78
6 St. Francis (NY) 61
2 Monmouth 61
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 63
6 St. Francis (NY) 88
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
3 Central Connecticut 62
6 St. Francis (NY) 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2003 NEC All-Tournament Team

Jermaine Hall, WAGNER
Rashaun Banjo, QU
John Quintana, SFNY
Dedrick Dye, WAGNER
Courtney Pritchard, WAGNER

References

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