1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Finals site Schwartz Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
Champions Long Island (2nd title)
Winning coach Ray Haskins (1st title)
MVP Charles Jones (LIU)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1996  1998»
1996–97 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Long Island 15 13   .536     21 9   .700
Fairleigh Dickinson 13 5   .722     18 10   .643
Monmouth 12 6   .667     18 11   .621
Rider 10 8   .556     14 14   .500
Mount St. Mary's 10 8   .556     14 13   .519
Saint Francis (PA) 9 9   .500     12 15   .444
St. Francis (NY) 7 11   .389     13 15   .464
Wagner 7 11   .389     10 17   .370
Marist 4 14   .222     6 22   .214
Robert Morris 3 15   .167     4 23   .148
1997 NEC Tournament winner

The 1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top ten seeds. LIU Brooklyn won the championship, their second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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  Long Island 99  
8  Wagner 60     9  Marist 88    
  1  Long Island 90  
9  Marist 62    
  4  Rider 76    
4  Rider 80
   
  5  Mount St. Mary's 77  
    1  Long Island 72
  3  Monmouth 67
  3  Monmouth 75    
6  Saint Francis (PA) 68    
  2  Fairleigh Dickinson 72
7  St. Francis (NY) 62  
  3  Monmouth 732OT  
10  Robert Morris 59     2  Fairleigh Dickinson 72
 
    7  St. Francis (NY) 69  

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1997 NEC All-Tournament Team

Charles Jones, LIU
Corey Albano, MU
Mustafa Barksdale, MU
Mike Campbell, LIU
Dave Masciale, LIU
Richie Parker, LIU

References

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