2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2000–01
Teams7
SiteSovereign Bank Arena
Trenton, NJ
ChampionsMonmouth (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Calloway (1st title)
MVPRahsaan Johnson (MU)
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2002 →
2000–01 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
St. Francis (NY) 16 4   .800 18 11   .621
Monmouth 15 5   .750 21 10   .677
UMBC 13 7   .650 18 11   .621
Long Island 12 8   .600 12 16   .429
Wagner 11 9   .550 16 13   .552
Central Connecticut 11 9   .550 14 14   .500
Fairleigh Dickinson 10 10   .500 13 15   .464
Saint Francis (PA) 9 11   .450 9 18   .333
Mount St. Mary's 7 13   .350 7 21   .250
Robert Morris 7 13   .350 7 22   .241
Sacred Heart 6 14   .300 7 21   .250
Quinnipiac 3 17   .150 6 21   .222
2001 NEC tournament winner

Format

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The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of the conferences top seven teams. All games were played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. The #1 seed received a bye for the first round.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 St. Francis (NY) 72
5 Wagner 65
4 Long Island 83
5 Wagner 88
1 St. Francis (NY) 64
2 Monmouth 67
2 Monmouth 71
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 59
2 Monmouth 67
3 UMBC 54
3 UMBC 59
6 Central Connecticut 44

All-tournament team

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Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2001 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahsaan Johnson, MU
Gerry Crosby, MU
Richy Dominguez, SFNY
Steven Howard, SFNY
Jermaine Hall, WAGNER

References

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