1994 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1994 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Rider won the championship, their second consecutive, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament.

1993–94 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Rider†	14	–	4		.778			21	–	9		.700
Monmouth	13	–	5		.722			18	–	11		.621
Robert Morris	11	–	7		.611			14	–	14		.500
Wagner	14	–	14		.500			16	–	12		.571
Fairleigh Dickinson	10	–	8		.556			14	–	13		.519
Marist	10	–	8		.556			14	–	13		.519
Mount St. Mary's	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
Saint Francis (PA)	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
Long Island	2	–	16		.111			3	–	24		.111
St. Francis (NY)	1	–	17		.056			1	–	26		.037
† 1994 NEC Tournament winner

1994 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1993–94
Teams	10
Finals site	Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ
Champions	Rider (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kevin Bannon (2nd title)
MVP	Charles Smith (RU)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

Format

The NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of a ten-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The first round was played by the four lowest seeds (7–10) and the other teams received a bye.

Bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship Game
						1	Rider	74
						8	Saint Francis (PA)	60
	8	Saint Francis (PA)	103
	9	Long Island	79
											1	Rider	83
											4	Wagner	75
						4	Wagner	90
						5	Fairleigh Dickinson	81
																1	Rider	62
																2	Monmouth	56
						3	Robert Morris	71
						6	Marist	52
											2	Monmouth	76
											3	Robert Morris	61
	7	Mount St. Mary's	90
	10	St. Francis (NY)	81
						2	Monmouth	88^OT
						10	Mount St. Mary's	77

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1994 NEC All-Tournament Team

Charles Smith, RU Tim Pennix, RU Glenn Stokes, MU Bobby Hopson, WC Deon Hames, RU John Giraldo, MU

References

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