2011 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Finals site Steinberg Wellness Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Long Island (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Ferry (1st title)
MVP Jamal Olasewere (Long Island)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Long Island 16 2   .889     27 6   .818
Quinnipiac 13 5   .722     22 10   .688
Robert Morris 12 6   .667     18 14   .563
Central Connecticut State 11 7   .611     19 12   .613
St. Francis (NY) 10 8   .556     15 15   .500
Wagner 9 9   .500     13 17   .433
Mount St. Mary's 9 9   .500     11 21   .344
Bryant* 7 11   .389     9 21   .300
St. Francis (PA) 7 11   .389     9 21   .300
Sacred Heart 6 12   .333     11 18   .379
Monmouth 5 13   .278     9 21   .300
Fairleigh Dickinson 3 15   .167     5 24   .172
2011 Northeast Conference Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2011 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 3, 6, & 9, 2011 on campus sites. The semifinal games was televised on MSG Network, and the finals were on ESPN2. The winner, Long Island, received the NEC's automatic berth in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the seventh straight year, 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.[1] Bryant is in transition to D-I and remains ineligible for any post-season tournaments and thus not allowed to participate.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 3
Semifinals
March 6
Finals
March 9
                           
  1  Long Island 90
8  St. Francis (PA) 75
1  Long Island 69  
4  Cent Conn State 67  
4  Cent Conn State 64
  5  St. Francis (NY) 62
    1  Long Island 85*
  3  Robert Morris 82
  3  Robert Morris 78
6  Wagner 74
3  Robert Morris 64
2  Quinnipiac 62  
2  Quinnipiac 78
  7  Mt. St. Mary's 59

Asterisk denotes an overtime.

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[2]

Name School Pos. Year Ht. Hometown
Jamal Olasewere LIU Brooklyn Forward Sophomore 6-7 Silver Spring, Maryland
Jason Brickman LIU Brooklyn Guard Freshman 5-10 San Antonio, Texas
Velton Jones Robert Morris Guard Sophomore 6-0 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Russell Johnson Robert Morris Forward Sophomore 6-6 Chester, Pennsylvania
Justin Rutty Quinnipiac Forward Senior 6-7 Newburgh, New York

References

  1. "2014 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament". NortheasConference.org. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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