2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteRothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (4th title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (3rd title)
MVPMarques Alston (Monmouth)
2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson14–4 .778  20–12  .625
Central Connecticut13–5 .722  18–11  .621
Monmouth†12–6 .667  19–15  .559
Mount St. Mary's11–7 .611  13–17  .433
Robert Morris10–8 .556  15–14  .517
Long Island9–9 .500  12–16  .429
Sacred Heart8–10 .444  11–17  .393
Quinnipiac7–11 .389  12–16  .429
St. Francis (NY)7–11 .389  10–17  .370
Wagner6–12 .333  13–14  .481
Saint Francis (PA)2–16 .111  4–24  .143
† 2006 NEC Tournament winner

Format

For the second 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 Reseeded Semifinals Championship Game
                           
  1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
8 Quinnipiac 65
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 71  
5 Robert Morris 55  
2 Central Connecticut 86
  7 Sacred Heart 68
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48
  3 Monmouth 49
  3 Monmouth 74
6 LIU Brooklyn 63
2 Central Connecticut 48
3 Monmouth 62  
4 Mount St. Mary's 66
  5 Robert Morris 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Marques Alston, MU
Chris Kenny, MU
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Chad Timberlake, FDU
Jeremy Chappell, RMU

References

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