1990 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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1990 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198990
Teams6
Finals site Charles L. Sewall Center
Moon Township, PA
Champions Robert Morris (4th title)
Winning coach Jarrett Durham (2nd title)
MVP Alex Blackwell (Monmouth)
  1989
1991  

The 1990 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 27-March 1, 1990. The tournament featured the top six teams from the 9-team conference. Robert Morris won their second consecutive and fourth overall ECAC Metro/NEC tournament championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament.[ citation needed ]

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1989–90 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Robert Morris124 .750228  .733
Monmouth 115 .6881712  .586
Marist 106 .6251711  .607
Mount St. Mary's*106 .6251612  .571
Saint Francis (PA) 106 .6251711  .607
Fairleigh Dickinson 88 .5001613  .552
Wagner 610 .3751117  .393
St. Francis (NY) 412 .250918  .333
Long Island 115 .063323  .115
1990 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 78
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 58
4 Saint Francis (PA) 62
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 65
1Robert Morris71
2 Monmouth 66
3 Marist 63
6 Wagner 69
6 Wagner 50
2 Monmouth 71

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References

  1. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  2. "2020–21 NEC Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Northeast Conference. p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2021.