2011 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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2011 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
Finals site Steinberg Wellness Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Long Island (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Ferry (1st title)
MVP Jamal Olasewere (Long Island)
  2010
2012  
2010–11 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Long Island 162 .889276  .818
Quinnipiac 135 .7222210  .688
Robert Morris 126 .6671814  .563
Central Connecticut State 117 .6111912  .613
St. Francis (NY) 108 .5561515  .500
Wagner 99 .5001317  .433
Mount St. Mary's 99 .5001121  .344
Bryant*711 .389921  .300
St. Francis (PA) 711 .389921  .300
Sacred Heart 612 .3331118  .379
Monmouth 513 .278921  .300
Fairleigh Dickinson 315 .167524  .172
2011 Northeast Conference tournament winner
As of March 17, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2011 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3, 6, and 9, 2011, on campus sites. The semifinal games was televised on MSG Network, and the finals were on ESPN2. The winner, Long Island, received the NEC's automatic berth in the 2011 NCAA tournament.

Contents

Format

For the seventh straight year, the NEC Men's Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. [1] Bryant is in transition to D-I and remains ineligible for any post-season tournaments and thus not allowed to participate.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 9
         
1 Long Island 90
8 Saint Francis (PA) 75
1 Long Island 69
4 Cent Connecticut 67
4 Central Connecticut 64
5 St. Francis Brooklyn 62
1 Long Island 85*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Robert Morris 82
3 Robert Morris 78
6 Wagner 74
3 Robert Morris 64
2 Quinnipiac 62
2 Quinnipiac 78
7 Mount St. Mary's 59

Asterisk denotes an overtime.

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [2]

NameSchoolPos.YearHt.Hometown
Jamal Olasewere LIU BrooklynForwardSophomore6-7 Silver Spring, Maryland
Jason Brickman LIU BrooklynGuardFreshman5-10 San Antonio, Texas
Velton JonesRobert MorrisGuardSophomore6-0 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Russell JohnsonRobert MorrisForwardSophomore6-6 Chester, Pennsylvania
Justin Rutty QuinnipiacForwardSenior6-7 Newburgh, New York

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References

  1. "2014 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament". NortheasConference.org. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.