1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

1995–96 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Mount St. Mary's162 .889  218  .724
Marist144 .778  227  .759
Monmouth144 .778  2010  .667
Rider126 .667  1911  .633
Saint Francis (PA)117 .611  1314  .481
Wagner711 .389  1017  .370
Fairleigh Dickinson612 .333  720  .259
Long Island513 .278  919  .321
St. Francis (NY)315 .167  918  .333
Robert Morris216 .111  523  .179
1996 NEC Tournament winner
1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199596
Teams10
Finals siteWilliam T. Boylan Gymnasium
West Long Branch, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (1st title)
Winning coachWayne Szoke (1st title)
MVPCorey Albano (MU)


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 Mount St. Mary's 93  
  9 Long Island 58  
8 Long Island 82  
9 St. Francis (NY) 63
  1 Mount St. Mary's 70  
  4 Rider 74  
4 Rider 84
5 Saint Francis (PA) 70  
  3 Monmouth 60
  4 Rider 59
3 Monmouth 64  
6 Wagner 55  
  2 Marist 56
  3 Monmouth 57  
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 80  
10 Robert Morris 87  
  2 Marist 70
10 Robert Morris 51  

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1996 NEC All-Tournament Team

Corey Albano, MU
Mustafa Barksdale, MU
Danny Basile, MAR
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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