2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, its fourth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.

2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteRothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
ChampionsFairleigh Dickinson (4th title)
Winning coachTom Green (4th title)
MVPTamien Trent (FDU)
2004–05 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Monmouth14–4 .778  16–13  .552
Fairleigh Dickinson†13–5 .722  20–13  .606
Robert Morris11–7 .611  14–15  .483
Long Island10–8 .556  14–15  .483
Saint Francis (PA)10–8 .556  15–13  .536
Wagner10–8 .556  13–17  .433
St. Francis (NY)9–9 .500  13–15  .464
Central Connecticut8–10 .444  12–16  .429
Quinnipiac6–12 .333  10–17  .370
Mount St. Mary's5–13 .278  7–20  .259
Sacred Heart3–15 .167  4–23  .148
† 2005 NEC Tournament winner

Format

Departing from last years format, 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 Reseeded Semifinals Championship Game
                           
  1 Monmouth 54
8 Central Connecticut 53
1 Monmouth 60  
6 Wagner 63  
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 78
  7 St. Francis (NY) 60
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   2 Fairleigh Dickinson 58
  6 Wagner 52
  3 Robert Morris 65
6 Wagner 69
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 70
4 LIU Brooklyn 62  
4 LIU Brooklyn 76
  5 Saint Francis (PA) 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2005 NEC All-Tournament Team

Tamien Trent, FDU
Mark Porter, WAGNER
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Gordon Klaiber, FDU
Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH

References

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