2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 2–8, 2016. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The winners of the tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. This is Fairleigh Dickinson's fifth Championship.

Format

For the twelfth straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seeds

Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an NEC policy.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Wagner‡13–5
2Fairleigh Dickinson11–71–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 2–0 vs. LIU, 2–0 vs. SFU
3Sacred Heart11–71–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 1–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. SFU
4St. Francis Brooklyn11–71–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. SHU, 0–2 vs. Wagner
5Mount St. Mary's10–8
6LIU Brooklyn9–91–1 vs. SFU, 2–0 vs. Wagner
7Saint Francis 9–91–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. Wagner
8Robert Morris8–10

Bracket

Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

Game summaries

Quarterfinals: #1 Wagner vs. #8 Robert Morris

Series History: Robert Morris leads 41–28
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Quarterfinals: #2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #7 Saint Francis (PA)

Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 44–40
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Quarterfinals: #3 Sacred Heart vs. #6 LIU Brooklyn

Series History: LIU Brooklyn leads 20–11
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Quarterfinals: #4 St. Francis Brooklyn vs. #5 Mount St. Mary's

Series History: Mount St. Mary's leads 30–26
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Semifinal: #1 Wagner vs. #6 LIU Brooklyn

Series History: Wagner leads 40–39
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Semifinal: #2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #5 Mount St. Mary's

Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 27–23
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Championship: #1 Wagner 79 vs. #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 87

Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 41–37
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All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.
NameSchoolPos.YearHt.Hometown
Earl Potts Jr.Fairleigh DickinsonGuardSophomore6-6Severn, Maryland
Darian AndersonFairleigh DickinsonGuardSophomore6-1Washington, D.C.
Michael CareyWagnerGuard/ForwardJunior6-5Nassau, Bahamas
Corey HensonWagnerGuardSophomore6-3Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Joel HernandezLIU BrooklynGuardJunior6-3Teaneck, New Jersey