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1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1997–98
Teams8
SiteWilliam H. Detrick Gymnasium
New Britain, CT
Finals siteSchwartz Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
ChampionsFairleigh Dickinson (3rd title)
Winning coachTom Green (3rd title)
MVPRahshon Turner (Fairleigh Dickinson)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, their third, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

1997–98 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Long Island 14 2   .875 21 11   .656
Fairleigh Dickinson 13 3   .813 23 7   .767
St. Francis (NY) 10 6   .625 15 12   .556
Saint Francis (PA) 10 6   .625 17 10   .630
Mount St. Mary's 8 8   .500 13 15   .464
Wagner 7 9   .438 13 16   .448
Robert Morris 4 12   .250 8 19   .296
Monmouth 3 13   .188 4 23   .148
Central Connecticut 3 13   .188 4 22   .154
1998 NEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Format

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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

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
         
1 Long Island 108
8 Monmouth 79
1 Long Island 93
5 Mount St. Mary's 73
4 Saint Francis (PA) 50
5 Mount St. Mary's 69
1 Long Island 91
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 105
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 89
7 Robert Morris 73
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 78
6 Wagner 49
3 St. Francis Brooklyn 76OT
6 Wagner 77

All-tournament team

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Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

1998 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahshon Turner, FDU
Elijah Allen, FDU
Mike Campbell, LIU
Gregory Harris, MSM
Charles Jones, LIU
Richie Parker, LIU

References

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