2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200506
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteRothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (4th title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (3rd title)
MVPMarques Alston (Monmouth)
2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson144 .7782012  .625
Central Connecticut135 .7221811  .621
Monmouth126 .6671915  .559
Mount St. Mary's117 .6111317  .433
Robert Morris108 .5561514  .517
Long Island99 .5001216  .429
Sacred Heart810 .4441117  .393
Quinnipiac711 .3891216  .429
St. Francis (NY)711 .3891017  .370
Wagner612 .3331314  .481
Saint Francis (PA)216 .111424  .143
2006 NEC tournament winner

The 2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the second 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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
8 Quinnipiac 65
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 71
5 Robert Morris 55
2 Central Connecticut 86
7 Sacred Heart 68
1 Fairleigh Dickinson 48
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Monmouth 49
3 Monmouth 74
6 Long Island 63
2 Central Connecticut 48
3 Monmouth 62
4 Mount St. Mary's 66
5 Robert Morris 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Marques Alston, MU
Chris Kenny, MU
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Chad Timberlake, FDU
Jeremy Chappell, RMU

References

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