2010 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Northeast Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament

Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Champions Robert Morris (7th title)
Winning coach Mike Rice Jr. (2nd title)
Post-Northeast Conference
tournament(s)
2010 NIT, 2010 NCAA,
2010 CBI, 2010 CIT
Northeast Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament
«2009  2011»
2009–10 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Quinnipiac 15   3   .833     23   9   .719
Robert Morris 15   3   .833     23   12   .657
Mount St. Mary's 12   6   .667     16   15   .516
Long Island 11   7   .611     14   17   .452
Fairleigh Dickinson 10   8   .556     11   21   .344
St. Francis (PA) 9   9   .500     11   19   .367
Central Connecticut St. 9   9   .500     12   18   .400
Monmouth 8   10   .444     12   19   .387
St. Francis (NY) 8   10   .444     11   18   .379
Sacred Heart 7   11   .389     14   15   .483
Wagner 3   15   .167     5   26   .161
Bryant 1   17   .056     1   29   .033
† 2010 Northeast Conference Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 4, 7, & 10, 2010 on campus sites. One semifinal game was televised on MSG Network, and the finals were seen on ESPN2. The winner , Robert Morris, receives the NEC's automatic berth in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The #1 seed Quinnipiac seed will receive an automatic bid to the 2010 NIT as the regular season champions.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 4
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 10
                           
  1  Quinnipiac 84  
8  Monmouth 75  
  1  Quinnipiac 83  
  4  Long Island 78  
4  Long Island 63
  5  Fairleigh Dickinson 61  
    1  Quinnipiac 50
  2  Robert Morris 52
  3  Mt. St. Mary's 65  
6  St. Francis (PA) 50  
  2  Robert Morris 80
  3  Mt. St. Mary's 62  
2  Robert Morris 71
  7  Central Conn. State 63  

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