2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, its fourth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.

2005 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200405
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteRothman Center
Hackensack, NJ
ChampionsFairleigh Dickinson (4th title)
Winning coachTom Green (4th title)
MVPTamien Trent (FDU)
2004–05 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Monmouth144 .778  1613  .552
Fairleigh Dickinson135 .722  2013  .606
Robert Morris117 .611  1415  .483
Long Island108 .556  1415  .483
Saint Francis (PA)108 .556  1513  .536
Wagner108 .556  1317  .433
St. Francis (NY)99 .500  1315  .464
Central Connecticut810 .444  1216  .429
Quinnipiac612 .333  1017  .370
Mount St. Mary's513 .278  720  .259
Sacred Heart315 .167  423  .148
2005 NEC Tournament winner

Format

Departing from last years format, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Reseeded Semifinals Championship Game
                           
  1 Monmouth 54
8 Central Connecticut 53
1 Monmouth 60  
6 Wagner 63  
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 78
  7 St. Francis (NY) 60
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   2 Fairleigh Dickinson 58
  6 Wagner 52
  3 Robert Morris 65
6 Wagner 69
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 70
4 LIU Brooklyn 62  
4 LIU Brooklyn 76
  5 Saint Francis (PA) 67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2005 NEC All-Tournament Team

Tamien Trent, FDU
Mark Porter, WAGNER
Andrea Crosariol, FDU
Gordon Klaiber, FDU
Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH

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References

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