2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 5th, 8th, and 11th. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 5 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 8 and the finals on March 11. The champion, Robert Morris, earned a trip to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200809
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
Finals siteCharles L. Sewall Center
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
ChampionsRobert Morris (6th title)
Winning coachMike Rice (1st title)
MVPJeremy Chappell (Robert Morris)
2008–09 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Robert Morris153 .833  2411  .686
Mount St. Mary's126 .667  1914  .576
Sacred Heart126 .667  1714  .548
Long Island126 .667  1614  .533
Quinnipiac108 .556  1516  .484
Central Connecticut810 .444  1317  .433
Wagner810 .444  1614  .533
St. Francis (NY)711 .389  1020  .333
Monmouth612 .333  823  .258
Fairleigh Dickinson612 .333  723  .233
Saint Francis (PA)315 .167  623  .207
2009 NEC Tournament winner

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 11
ESPN2
                           
  1 Robert Morris 73
8 St. Francis (NY) 60
1 Robert Morris 75  
5 Quinnipiac 48  
4 Long Island 78
  5 Quinnipiac 86*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Robert Morris 48
  2 Mount Saint Mary's 46
  3 Sacred Heart 76
6 Central Connecticut St 64
3 Sacred Heart 63
2 Mount Saint Mary's 68  
2 Mount Saint Mary's 72
  7 Wagner 62

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2009 NEC All-Tournament Team

Jeremy Chappell, RMU
Kelly Beidler, MSM
Joey Henley, SHU
Rob Robinson, RMU
Justin Rutty, QU

Sources

References

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