1999 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1999 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Mount St. Mary's won the championship, their second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

1998–99 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UMBC173 .850  199  .679
St. Francis (NY)164 .800  208  .714
Robert Morris128 .600  1512  .556
Central Connecticut119 .550  1913  .594
Long Island1010 .500  1017  .370
Mount St. Mary's1010 .500  1515  .500
Fairleigh Dickinson911 .450  1216  .429
Wagner713 .350  918  .333
Saint Francis (PA)713 .350  917  .346
Quinnipiac614 .300  918  .333
Monmouth515 .250  521  .192
1999 NEC Tournament winner
1999 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199899
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
ChampionsMount St. Mary's (2nd title)
Winning coachJim Phelan (2nd title)
MVPGregory Harris (MSM)


Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 UMBC 63
8 Wagner 56
1 UMBC 72
4 Central Connecticut 82
4 Central Connecticut 67
5 Long Island 58
4 Central Connecticut 56
6 Mount St. Mary's 72
2 St. Francis (NY) 65
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 58
2 St. Francis (NY) 66
6 Mount St. Mary's 68
3 Robert Morris 63
6 Mount St. Mary's 80

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1999 NEC All-Tournament Team

Gregory Harris, MSM
Corsley Edwards, CCSU
Ray Minlend, SFNY
Terence Ward, UMBC
Charron Watson, CCSU
Melvin Whitaker, MSM

References

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