2004 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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2004 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200304
Teams8
Site Spiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals site William T. Boylan Gymnasium
West Long Branch, NJ
Champions Monmouth (3rd title)
Winning coach Dave Calloway (2nd title)
MVP Blake Hamilton (Monmouth)
  2003
2005  
2003–04 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Monmouth126 .6672112  .636
St. Francis (NY) 126 .6671513  .536
Fairleigh Dickinson 117 .6111712  .586
Robert Morris 108 .5561415  .483
Saint Francis (PA) 108 .5561315  .464
Wagner 108 .5561316  .448
Central Connecticut 99 .5001414  .500
Mount St. Mary's 810 .4441019  .345
Sacred Heart 810 .4441215  .444
Quinnipiac 513 .278920  .310
Long Island 414 .222819  .296
2004 NEC tournament winner

The 2004 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

Contents

Format

The NEC Men's Basketball Tournament will consist 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, Monmouth.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center
Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center
Championship Game
William T. Boylan Gymnasium
         
1 Monmouth 64
8 Mount St. Mary's 52
1Monmouth67
4 Robert Morris 45
4 Robert Morris 58
5 Saint Francis (PA) 43
1Monmouth67
7 Central Connecticut 55
2 St. Francis (NY) 68
7 Central Connecticut 81
7Central Connecticut76
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 73OT
3 Fairleigh Dickinson 69
6 Wagner 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [1]

2004 NEC All-Tournament Team

Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH
Tamien Trent, FDU
Ron Robinson, CCSU
Dwayne Byfield, MONMOUTH
Tyler Azzarelli, MONMOUTH

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References

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