2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
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NEC Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 201112
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
Finals site Steinberg Wellness Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Long Island (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Ferry (2nd title)
MVP Julian Boyd (Long Island)
  2011
2013  
2011–12 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Long Island162 .889259  .735
Wagner 153 .833256  .806
Robert Morris 135 .7222610  .722
St. Francis (NY) 126 .6671515  .500
Quinnipiac 108 .5561814  .563
Monmouth 108 .5561220  .375
Central Connecticut 108 .5561316  .448
Sacred Heart 810 .4441418  .438
Mount St. Mary's 612 .333821  .276
Saint Francis (PA) 513 .278623  .207
Fairleigh Dickinson 216 .111326  .103
*Bryant 117 .056228  .067
2012 Northeast Conference tournament winner
As of March 17, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held between March 1 and 7. [1] All games were held on the campus sites of the higher seed. LIU Brooklyn won the championship, its fourth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was LIU's second NEC Tournament Championship in a row, having won it the previous year.

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Format

The top 8 teams in the standings will qualify for the tournament. The field will be re-seeded after the Quarterfinals so that the #1 seed will host the highest remaining seed, and #2 will host the lowest remaining seed. Bryant is in its final transition year and remains ineligible to participate in any post-season tournaments.

Bracket

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed. [2]

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1
Semifinals
Sunday, March 4
MSG
Championship Game
Wednesday, March 7
ESPN2
         
1 Long Island 80
8 Sacred Heart 68
1 Long Island 78
5 Quinnipiac 75
4 St. Francis (NY) 72
5 Quinnipiac 80
1 Long Island 90
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Robert Morris 73
2 Wagner 87
7 Central Connecticut 77
2 Wagner 64
3 Robert Morris 71
3 Robert Morris 87
6 Monmouth 68

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [3]

NameSchoolPos.YearHt.Hometown
Julian Boyd LIU BrooklynForwardJunior6-7 San Antonio, Texas
Jason Brickman LIU BrooklynGuardSophomore5-10 San Antonio, Texas
Jamal Olasewere LIU BrooklynForwardJunior6-7 Silver Spring, Maryland
Coron WilliamsRobert MorrisGuardSophomore6-2 Midlothian, Virginia
Velton JonesRobert MorrisGuardJunior6-0 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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References

  1. "2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Schedule" . Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  2. "2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  3. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved October 29, 2015.