1989 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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1989 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198889
Teams6
Finals site Charles L. Sewall Center
Moon Township, PA
Champions Robert Morris (3rd title)
Winning coach Jarrett Durham (1st title)
MVP Vaughn Luton (Robert Morris)
  1988
1990  

The 1989 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 28-March 3, 1989. The tournament featured the top six teams from the 9-team conference. Robert Morris won their third ECAC Metro/NEC championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament.

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1988–89 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Robert Morris124 .750219  .700
Fairleigh Dickinson 115 .6881712  .586
Marist*97 .5631315  .464
Monmouth 97 .5631513  .536
Long Island 79 .438919  .321
Loyola (MD) 79 .4381018  .357
Saint Francis (PA) 610 .3751316  .448
Wagner 610 .3751116  .407
St. Francis (NY) 511 .3131116  .407
1989 NEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


*Ineligible for conference tournament


Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of a six-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The top two seeds received a bye in the first round.

Bracket

First roundSemifinalsChampionship Game
         
1 Robert Morris 63
6 Long Island 52
5 Loyola (MD) 66
6 Long Island 79
1Robert Morris67
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
4 Monmouth 89
7 Saint Francis (PA) 95
7 Saint Francis (PA) 64
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 74

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References

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  2. "2020–21 NEC Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2021.