2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
LIU Brooklyn 0 0       6 1   .857
Saint Francis (PA) 0 0       3 3   .500
Sacred Heart 0 0       3 4   .429
Central Connecticut 0 0       2 3   .400
Bryant 0 0       3 5   .375
Wagner 0 0       2 4   .333
Fairleigh Dickinson 0 0       2 4   .333
Robert Morris 0 0       2 6   .250
St. Francis Brooklyn 0 0       1 5   .167
Mount St. Mary's 0 0       1 7   .125
2017 NEC Tournament winner
As of November 30, 2016; 

The 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 1–7, 2017.[1] The tournament will feature the league's top eight seeds, with the higher seed hosting games.

Format

For the thirteenth straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consists 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.

Seeds

Teams will be seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under NEC policy.[2]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Bracket

Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

  Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 1
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
Championship
Tuesday, March 7
                           
  1  
8  
   
   
4  
  5  
     
   
  2  
7  
 
   
3  
  6  

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

Game summaries

Quarterfinals: #1 vs. #8

Series History:

March 1
#1 vs. #8
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Quarterfinals: #2 vs. #7

Series History:

March 1
#2 vs. #7
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Quarterfinals: #3 vs. #6

Series History:

March 1
#3 vs. #6
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Quarterfinals: #4 vs. #5

Series History:

March 1
#1 vs. #8
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Semifinal: vs.

Series History:

March 4
# vs. #
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Semifinal: vs.

Series History:

March 4
# vs. #
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0

Championship: vs.

Series History:

March 7
# vs. #
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0


*All times EST

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

Name School Pos. Year Ht. Hometown

References

  1. "2016-17 NEC Championship Dates". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "NEC Basketball Tiebreaker Procedure". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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