1990 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1990 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27-March 1, 1990. The tournament featured the top six teams from the 9-team conference. Robert Morris won their second consecutive and fourth overall ECAC Metro/NEC tournament championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament.

1989–90 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Robert Morris†	12	–	4		.750			22	–	8		.733
Monmouth	11	–	5		.688			17	–	12		.586
Marist	10	–	6		.625			17	–	11		.607
Mount St. Mary's*	10	–	6		.625			16	–	12		.571
Saint Francis (PA)	10	–	6		.625			17	–	11		.607
Fairleigh Dickinson	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Wagner	6	–	10		.375			11	–	17		.393
St. Francis (NY)	4	–	12		.250			9	–	18		.333
Long Island	1	–	15		.063			3	–	23		.115
† 1990 NEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament

1990 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	6
Finals site	Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, PA
Champions	Robert Morris (4th title)
Winning coach	Jarrett Durham (2nd title)
MVP	Alex Blackwell (Monmouth)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of a six-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The top two seeds received a bye in the first round.

Bracket

	First Round					Semifinals					Championship Game
						1	Robert Morris	78
						6	Fairleigh Dickinson	58
	5	Saint Francis (PA)	62
	6	Fairleigh Dickinson	65
											1	Robert Morris	71
											2	Monmouth	66
	4	Marist	63
	7	Wagner	69
						7	Wagner	50
						2	Monmouth	71

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References

1. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.