2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 2002 Northeast Conference Men's 8 Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT Central Connecticut 2nd Howie Dickenman 2nd Damian Battles Central Connecticut The 2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Central Connecticut won the championship, its second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Format The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Central Connecticut. Bracket Quarterfinals Spiro Sports Center Semifinals Spiro Sports Center Championship Game William H. Detrick Gymnasium high 1 Central Connecticut 66 8 2001 Sacred Heart Pioneers Sacred Heart 54 4 2001 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth 61 5 St. Francis (NY) 71 2 2001 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 78 7 2001 Quinnipiac Braves Quinnipiac 87 3 2001 UMBC Retrievers UMBC 85 6 2001 Robert Morris University Robert Morris Colonials Robert Morris 76 1 Central Connecticut 58 5 St. Francis (NY) 54 3 UMBC 72 7 Quinnipiac 75 1 Central Connecticut 78 7 Quinnipiac 71 All-tournament team Tournament MVP in bold.NEC men's basketball record book http://northeastconference.org/documents/2014/7/9/NEC_MBB_Recordbook_1415.pdf NortheastConference.org 29 October 2015 2002 NEC All-Tournament TeamDamian Battles, CCSU Rob Monroe, QU Peter Mulligan, UMBC Ron Robinson, CCSU Bill Romano, QU References Category:Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament