2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
Teams8
Site Spiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals site William H. Detrick Gymnasium
New Britain, CT
Champions Central Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach Howie Dickenman (2nd title)
MVP Damian Battles (Central Connecticut)
  2001
2003  
2001–02 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Central Connecticut191 .950275  .844
Wagner 155 .7501910  .655
UMBC 155 .750209  .690
Monmouth 146 .7001812  .600
St. Francis (NY) 137 .6501811  .621
Robert Morris 119 .5501218  .400
Quinnipiac 1010 .5001416  .467
Sacred Heart 713 .350820  .286
Saint Francis (PA) 515 .250621  .222
Long Island 515 .250522  .185
Fairleigh Dickinson 416 .200425  .138
Mount St. Mary's 218 .100324  .111
2002 NEC tournament winner

The 2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Central Connecticut won the championship, its second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.

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Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Central Connecticut.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center
Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center
Championship Game
William H. Detrick Gymnasium
         
1 Central Connecticut 66
8 Sacred Heart 54
1 Central Connecticut 58
5 St. Francis (NY) 54
4 Monmouth 61
5 St. Francis (NY) 71
1 Central Connecticut 78
7 Quinnipiac 71
2 Wagner 78
7 Quinnipiac 87
7 Quinnipiac 75
3 UMBC 72
3 UMBC 85
6 Robert Morris 76

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [1]

2002 NEC All-Tournament Team

Damian Battles, CCSU
Rob Monroe, QU
Peter Mulligan, UMBC
Ron Robinson, CCSU
Bill Romano, QU

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References

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