2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Season | 2016–17 | ||||
Teams | 8 | ||||
Site | campus sites | ||||
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2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 | |||||||||||
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8 | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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References
- ↑ "2016-17 NEC Championship Dates". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "NEC Basketball Tiebreaker Procedure". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 4 February 2015.