1991 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1991 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Finals site Maurice Stokes Athletic Center
Loretto, PA
Champions Saint Francis (PA) (1st title)
Winning coach Jim Baron (1st title)
MVP Mike Iuzzolino (SFPA)
1990–91 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Saint Francis (PA) 13 3   .813     24 8   .750
Fairleigh Dickinson 13 3   .813     22 9   .710
Robert Morris* 12 4   .750     17 11   .607
Monmouth 10 6   .625     19 8   .704
St. Francis (NY) 8 8   .500     15 14   .517
Mount St. Mary's* 6 10   .375     8 19   .296
Long Island 4 12   .250     10 18   .357
Marist 4 12   .250     6 22   .214
Wagner 2 14   .125     4 26   .133
1991 NEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 1991 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured seven teams; two teams, Mount St. Mary's and Robert Morris, were ineligible to participate. Robert Morris was penalized by the NCAA for institutional misconduct.[1] Saint Francis (PA) won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament.

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of a seven-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The first seed received a bye in the first round.

Bracket

  First Round     Semifinals     Championship Game
                           
  4 St. Francis (NY) 95    
  5 Long Island 80    
      1 Saint Francis (PA) 96  
            4 St. Francis (NY) 70    
               
      1 Saint Francis (PA) 97
  3 Monmouth 81               2 Fairleigh Dickinson 82
  6 Marist 67              
      2 Fairleigh Dickinson 78OT    
        3 Monmouth 67  
  2 Fairleigh Dickinson 94    
  7 Wagner 68  

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[2]

1991 NEC All-Tournament Team

Mike Iuzzolino, SFPA
Joe Anderson, SFPA
Alex Blackwell, MU
Desi Wilson, FDU
Mel Hawkins, FDU
John Hilvert, SFPA

References

  1. "Robert Morris Appealing Ban". New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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