1995 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1995 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Finals site	Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ
Champions	Mount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Phelan (1st title)
MVP	Silas Cheung (MSM)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1994  1996»

1994–95 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Rider	13	–	5		.722			18	–	11		.621
Mount St. Mary's†	12	–	6		.667			17	–	13		.567
Marist	12	–	6		.667			17	–	11		.607
Monmouth	11	–	7		.611			13	–	14		.481
Fairleigh Dickinson	11	–	7		.611			16	–	12		.571
Wagner	9	–	9		.500			10	–	17		.370
Long Island	8	–	10		.444			11	–	17		.393
Saint Francis (PA)	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
St. Francis (NY)	5	–	13		.278			9	–	18		.333
Robert Morris	2	–	16		.111			4	–	23		.148
† 1995 NEC Tournament winner

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

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)	95			8	Saint Francis (PA)	76
											1	Rider	76
	9	St. Francis (NY)	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
	7	Long Island	87
											3	Marist	79
	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.