1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 1996 Northeast Conference Men's 10 William T. Boylan Gymnasium West Long Branch, NJ Monmouth 1st Wayne Szoke 1st Corey Albano Monmouth The 1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. 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 high 8 1995 Long Island Blackbirds Long Island 82 9 St. Francis Brooklyn 63 7 1995 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Fairleigh Dickinson 80 10 1995 Robert Morris Colonials Robert Morris 87 1 1995 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's 93 9 Long Island 58 4 1995 Rider Broncs Rider 84 5 1995 Saint Francis Red Flash Saint Francis (PA) 70 3 Monmouth 64 6 1995 Wagner Seahawks Wagner 55 2 Marist 70 10 Robert Morris 51 1 Mount St. Mary's 70 4 Rider 74 2 Marist 56 3 Monmouth 57 3 Monmouth 60 4 Rider 59 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 1996 NEC All-Tournament TeamCorey Albano, MU Mustafa Barksdale, MU Danny Basile, MAR Deon Hames, RID Riley Inge, MSM Charles Smith, RID References Category:Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament