2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2006–07
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Finals site	William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT
Champions	Central Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach	Howie Dickenman (3rd title)
MVP	Javier Mojica[1] (CCSU)
Attendance	13,595 (Total) 3,210 (Championship)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2006  2008»

2006–07 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Central Connecticut†	16	–	2		.889			22	–	12		.647
Sacred Heart	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Quinnipiac	11	–	7		.611			14	–	15		.483
Robert Morris	9	–	9		.500			17	–	11		.607
Mount St. Mary's	9	–	9		.500			11	–	20		.355
Fairleigh Dickinson	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Wagner	8	–	10		.444			11	–	19		.367
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			9	–	22		.290
Monmouth	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
Long Island	6	–	12		.333			10	–	19		.345
Saint Francis (PA)	5	–	13		.278			8	–	21		.276
† 2007 NEC Tournament winner

The 2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 1, 4 and 7. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on Thursday, March 1 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Sunday, March 4 and the finals on Wednesday, March 7. Central Connecticut won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.^[2]

Format

For the third straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 1					Reseeded Semifinals Sunday, March 4					Championship Game Wednesday, March 7
	1	Central Connecticut	79
	8	St. Francis (NY)	61
						1	Centreal Connecticut	74
						5	Mount St. Mary's	68
	2	Sacred Heart	100
	7	Wagner	68
											1	Central Connecticut	74
											2	Sacred Heart	70
	3	Quinnipiac	78
	6	Fairleigh Dickinson	77
						2	Sacred Heart	83
						3	Quinnipiac	69
	4	Robert Morris	61
	5	Mount St. Mary's	78

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.^[3]

2007 NEC All-Tournament Team

Javier Mojica, CCSU Tristan Blackwood, CCSU Obie Nwadike, CCSU Jarrid Frye, SHU Joey Henley, SHU

References

1. "CCSU Claims 2007 NEC Men's Basketball Championship With 74-70 Win Over Sacred Heart". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
2. "2007 NEC Men's Basketball Tournament". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
3. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.