1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199798
Teams8
SiteWilliam H. Detrick Gymnasium
New Britain, CT
Finals siteSchwartz Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
ChampionsFairleigh Dickinson (3rd title)
Winning coachTom Green (3rd title)
MVPRahshon Turner (Fairleigh Dickinson)

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.

1997–98 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Long Island142 .8752111  .656
Fairleigh Dickinson133 .813237  .767
St. Francis (NY)106 .6251512  .556
Saint Francis (PA)106 .6251710  .630
Mount St. Mary's88 .5001315  .464
Wagner79 .4381316  .448
Robert Morris412 .250819  .296
Monmouth313 .188423  .148
Central Connecticut313 .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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 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.
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