2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200304
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals siteWilliam T. Boylan Gymnasium
West Long Branch, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (2nd title)
MVPBlake Hamilton (MONMOUTH)
2003–04 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Monmouth126 .667  2112  .636
St. Francis (NY)126 .667  1513  .536
Fairleigh Dickinson117 .611  1712  .586
Robert Morris108 .556  1415  .483
Saint Francis (PA)108 .556  1315  .464
Wagner108 .556  1316  .448
Central Connecticut99 .500  1414  .500
Mount St. Mary's810 .444  1019  .345
Sacred Heart810 .444  1215  .444
Quinnipiac513 .278  920  .310
Long Island414 .222  819  .296
2004 NEC Tournament winner

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist 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, Monmouth.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center
Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center
Championship Game
William T. Boylan Gymnasium
         
1 Monmouth 64
8 Mount St. Mary's 52
1 Monmouth 67
4 Robert Morris 45
4 Robert Morris 58
5 Saint Francis (PA) 43
1 Monmouth 67
7 Central Connecticut 55
2 St. Francis (NY) 68
7 Central Connecticut 81
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 73
7 Central Connecticut 76
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 69
6 Wagner 67
  • Semifinal game, CCSU vs. FDU went into overtime.

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2004 NEC All-Tournament Team

Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH
Tamien Trent, FDU
Ron Robinson, CCSU
Dwayne Byfield, MONMOUTH
Tyler Azzarelli, MONMOUTH

References

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