2002 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	8
Site	Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY
Finals site	William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT
Champions	Central Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach	Howie Dickenman (2nd title)
MVP	Damian Battles (CCSU)
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2001–02 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Central Connecticut†	19	–	1	.950	27	–	5	.844
Wagner	15	–	5	.750	19	–	10	.655
UMBC	15	–	5	.750	20	–	9	.690
Monmouth	14	–	6	.700	18	–	12	.600
St. Francis (NY)	13	–	7	.650	18	–	11	.621
Robert Morris	11	–	9	.550	12	–	18	.400
Quinnipiac	10	–	10	.500	14	–	16	.467
Sacred Heart	7	–	13	.350	8	–	20	.286
Saint Francis (PA)	5	–	15	.250	6	–	21	.222
Long Island	5	–	15	.250	5	–	22	.185
Fairleigh Dickinson	4	–	16	.200	4	–	25	.138
Mount St. Mary's	2	–	18	.100	3	–	24	.111

† 2002 NEC Tournament winner

The 2002 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Central Connecticut won the championship, its second, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Central Connecticut.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Spiro Sports Center			Semifinals Spiro Sports Center			Championship Game William H. Detrick Gymnasium


1	Central Connecticut	66

8	Sacred Heart	54
			1	Central Connecticut	58

			5	St. Francis (NY)	54
4	Monmouth	61

5	St. Francis (NY)	71
						1	Central Connecticut	78

						7	Quinnipiac	71
2	Wagner	78

7	Quinnipiac	87
			3	UMBC	72

			7	Quinnipiac	75
3	UMBC	85

6	Robert Morris	76

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.^[1]

2002 NEC All-Tournament Team
Damian Battles, CCSU Rob Monroe, QU Peter Mulligan, UMBC Ron Robinson, CCSU Bill Romano, QU

References

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

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