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's16–2 .889  21–8  .724
Marist14–4 .778  22–7  .759
Monmouth†14–4 .778  20–10  .667
Rider12–6 .667  19–11  .633
Saint Francis (PA)11–7 .611  13–14  .481
Wagner7–11 .389  10–17  .370
Fairleigh Dickinson6–12 .333  7–20  .259
Long Island5–13 .278  9–19  .321
St. Francis (NY)3–15 .167  9–18  .333
Robert Morris2–16 .111  5–23  .179
† 1996 NEC Tournament winner
1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
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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