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	2016
Current champion	Fairleigh Dickinson
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 a 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 (5).^[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
1983	Robert Morris	79–67	Long Island	Chipper Harris, RMU	John Jay Center
1984	Long Island	87–81	Robert Morris	Carey Scurry, LIU	McCann Field House
1985	Fairleigh Dickinson	63–59	Loyola (MD)	Larry Hampton, FDU	Reitz Arena
1986	Marist	57–56^OT	Fairleigh Dickinson	Rik Smits, MARIST	Charles L. Sewall Center
1987	Marist	64–55^OT	Fairleigh Dickinson	Drafton Davis, MARIST	McCann Field House
1988	Fairleigh Dickinson	90–75	Monmouth	Jaime Latney, FDU	Rothman Center
1989	Robert Morris	69–68	Fairleigh Dickinson	Vaughn Luton, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center
1990	Robert Morris	71–66	Monmouth	Alex Blackwell, MONMOUTH	Charles L. Sewall Center
1991	Saint Francis (PA)	97–82	Fairleigh Dickinson	Mike Iuzzolino, SFU	DeGol Arena
1992	Robert Morris	85–81	Marist	Myron Walker, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center
1993	Rider	65–64	Wagner	Darrick Suber, RIDER	Alumni Gymnasium
1994	Rider	62–56	Monmouth	Charles Smith, RIDER	Alumni Gymnasium
1995	Mount St. Mary's	69–62	Rider	Silas Cheung, MSM	Alumni Gymnasium
1996	Monmouth	60–59	Rider	Corey Albano, MONMOUTH	William T. Boylan Gymnasium
1997	Long Island	72–67	Monmouth	Charles Jones, LIU	Schwartz Athletic Center
1998	Fairleigh Dickinson	105–91	Long Island	Rahshon Turner, FDU	Schwartz Athletic Center
1999	Mount St. Mary's	72–56	Central Connecticut	Gregory Harris, MSM	Spiro Sports Center
2000	Central Connecticut	63–46	Robert Morris	Rick Mickens, CCSU	Sovereign Bank Arena
2001	Monmouth	67–64	St. Francis (NY)	Rahsaan Johnson, MONMOUTH	Sovereign Bank Arena
2002	Central Connecticut	78–71	Quinnipiac	Damian Battles, CCSU	William H. Detrick Gymnasium
2003	Wagner	78–61	St. Francis (NY)	Jermaine Hall, WAGNER	Spiro Sports Center
2004	Monmouth	67–55	Central Connecticut	Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH	William T. Boylan Gymnasium
2005	Fairleigh Dickinson	58–52	Wagner	Tamien Trent, FDU	Rothman Center
2006	Monmouth	49–48	Fairleigh Dickinson	Marques Alston, MONMOUTH	Rothman Center
2007	Central Connecticut	74–70	Sacred Heart	Javier Mojica, CCSU	William H. Detrick Gymnasium
2008	Mount St. Mary's	68–55	Sacred Heart	Jean Cajou, MSM	William H. Pitt Center
2009	Robert Morris	48–46	Mount St. Mary's	Jeremy Chappell, RMU	Charles L. Sewall Center
2010	Robert Morris	52–50	Quinnipiac	Karon Abraham, RMU	TD Bank Sports Center
2011	Long Island	85–82^OT	Robert Morris	Jamal Olasewere, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center
2012	Long Island	90–73	Robert Morris	Julian Boyd, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center
2013	Long Island	91–70	Mount St. Mary's	C. J. Garner, LIU	Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center
2014	Mount St. Mary's	88–71	Robert Morris	Rashad Whack, MSM	Charles L. Sewall Center
2015	Robert Morris	66–63	St. Francis Brooklyn	Rodney Prior, RMU	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex
2016	Farleigh Dickinson	87–79	Wagner	Earl Potts, Jr., FDU	Spiro Sports Center
2017

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
Fairleigh Dickinson	10	5	1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016
LIU Brooklyn	8	5	1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013
Monmouth^‡	8	4	1996, 2001, 2004, 2006
Mount St. Mary's	6	4	1995, 1999, 2008, 2014
Central Connecticut	5	3	2000, 2002, 2007
Marist^‡	3	2	1986, 1987
Rider^‡	4	2	1993, 1994
Saint Francis (PA)	1	1	1991
Wagner	3	1	2003
St. Francis Brooklyn	3	0	—
Quinnipiac^‡	2	0	—
Sacred Heart	2	0	—
Loyola (MD)^‡	1	0	—
Bryant	0	0	—

References

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.