1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199798
Teams8
Site William H. Detrick Gymnasium
New Britain, CT
Finals site Schwartz Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
Champions Fairleigh Dickinson (3rd title)
Winning coach Tom Green (3rd title)
MVP Rahshon Turner (Fairleigh Dickinson)
  1997
1999  

The 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, their third, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

Contents

1997–98 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Long Island 142 .8752111  .656
Fairleigh Dickinson133 .813237  .767
St. Francis (NY) 106 .6251512  .556
Saint Francis (PA) 106 .6251710  .630
Mount St. Mary's 88 .5001315  .464
Wagner 79 .4381316  .448
Robert Morris 412 .250819  .296
Monmouth 313 .188423  .148
Central Connecticut 313 .188422  .154
1998 NEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship Game
         
1 Long Island 108
8 Monmouth 79
1 Long Island 93
5 Mount St. Mary's 73
4 Saint Francis (PA) 50
5 Mount St. Mary's 69
1 Long Island 91
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 105
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 89
7 Robert Morris 73
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 78
6 Wagner 49
3 St. Francis Brooklyn 76OT
6 Wagner 77

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [1]

1998 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahshon Turner , FDU
Elijah Allen, FDU
Mike Campbell, LIU
Gregory Harris, MSM
Charles Jones, LIU
Richie Parker, LIU

References

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