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1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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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 (Monmouth)
← 1995
1997 →

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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mount St. Mary's 16 2   .889 21 8   .724
Marist 14 4   .778 22 7   .759
Monmouth 14 4   .778 20 10   .667
Rider 12 6   .667 19 11   .633
Saint Francis (PA) 11 7   .611 13 14   .481
Wagner 7 11   .389 10 17   .370
Fairleigh Dickinson 6 12   .333 7 20   .259
Long Island 5 13   .278 9 19   .321
St. Francis Brooklyn 3 15   .167 9 18   .333
Robert Morris 2 16   .111 5 23   .179
1996 NEC tournament winner

Format

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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

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
1 Mount St. Mary's 93
8 Long Island 82 9 Long Island 58
9 St. Francis Brooklyn 63 1 Mount St. Mary's 70
4 Rider 74
4 Rider 84
5 Saint Francis (PA) 70
4 Rider 59
3 Monmouth 60
2 Marist 70
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 80 10 Robert Morris 51
10 Robert Morris 87 2 Marist 56
3 Monmouth 57
3 Monmouth 64
6 Wagner 55


All-tournament team

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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

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