2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball

tournament
The 2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball
2018 Northeast Conference men's
tournament was the postseason men's basketball
tournament for the Northeast Conference for the basketball tournament
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Classification Division I
All tournament games were played at the home arena Season 2017–18
of the highest seed, on February 28, March 3, and
March 6, 2018. The No. 4 seed LIU Brooklyn Teams 8
defeated No. 1 seed Wagner in the championship Site Campus sites
game to earn the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA
Champions LIU Brooklyn (6th title)
tournament.
Winning Derek Kellogg (1st title)
coach

Contents MVP Joel Hernandez (LIU Brooklyn)

Television NEC Front Row, ESPN3,
Seeds
ESPN2
Schedule and results Northeast Conference men's
Bracket and results basketball tournaments
References
2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball
External links standings
Conf Overall
Seeds Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wagner 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
The top eight teams in the Northeast
Saint Francis (PA) 12 – 6   .667 18 – 13   .581
Conference were eligible to compete in
the conference tournament. Teams Mount St. Mary's 12 – 6   .667 18 – 14   .563
were seeded by record within the LIU Brooklyn † 10 – 8   .556 18 – 17   .514
conference, with a tiebreaker system to
St. Francis Brooklyn 10 – 8   .556 13 – 18   .419
seed teams with identical conference
records. Robert Morris 9 – 9   .500 16 – 17   .485
Fairleigh Dickinson 9 – 9   .500 13 – 18   .419
On February 17, 2018, Wagner
defeated LIU Brooklyn to win the Central Connecticut 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
NEC regular season championship Sacred Heart 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
outright, their second regular season
Bryant 2 – 16   .111 3 – 28   .097
championship in the previous three
years, and received the No. 1 † 2018 NEC tournament winner
seed.[1][2]
 Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Wagner 14–4
2 Mount St. Mary's 12–6 2–0 vs SFPA
3 Saint Francis (PA) 12–6 0–2 vs MSM
4 LIU Brooklyn 10–8 1–1 vs SFB, 1–1 vs Wag, 2–2 vs MSM/SFPA
5 St. Francis Brooklyn 10–8 1–1 vs LIU, 1–1 vs Wag, 1–3 vs MSM/SFPA
6 Fairleigh Dickinson 9–9 1–1 vs RMU, 1–1 vs Wag
7 Robert Morris 9–9 1–1 vs FDU, 0–2 vs Wag
8 Central Connecticut 7–11
DNQ Sacred Heart 5–13
DNQ Bryant 2–16

Schedule and results

Game Time[3] Matchup Score Television

Quarterfinals – Wednesday, February 28

1 7:00pm No. 1 Wagner vs No. 8 Central Connecticut 73–61
No. 4 LIU Brooklyn vs. No. 5 St. Francis
2 7:00pm 73–50
Brooklyn
No. 2 Mount Saint Mary's vs No. 7 Robert NEC Front Row
3 7:00pm 56–60
Morris
No. 3 Saint Francis (PA) vs No. 6 Fairleigh
4 7:00pm 75–84
Dickinson
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
12:00 No. 4 LIU Brooklyn vs No. 6 Farleigh
5 78–77
pm Dickinson ESPN3/NEC Front
2:00 Row
6 No. 1 Wagner vs No. 7 Robert Morris 75–64
pm
Final – Tuesday, March 6
7:00
7 No. 1 Wagner vs No. 4 LIU Brooklyn 61–71 ESPN2
pm
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

[4]

Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest
remaining seed in the semifinals.
Bracket and results
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals
Championship

Wednesday, February 28,

Saturday, March 3, 2018
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

2018

ESPN3/NEC Front Row ESPN2

NEC Front Row
                 
1 Wagner 73
8 Central Connecticut 61
1 Wagner 75
7 Robert Morris 64
4 LIU Brooklyn 73
5 St. Francis Brooklyn 50
1 Wagner 61
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 LIU Brooklyn 71
2 Mount St. Mary's 56
7 Robert Morris 60
4 LIU Brooklyn 78
6 Farleigh Dickinson 77
3 Saint Francis (PA) 75
6 Farleigh Dickinson 84

References
1. "Wagner clinches NEC title with 78-74 win over LIU Brooklyn" (http://www.espn.com/mens-c
ollege-basketball/recap?gameId=400990858). ESPN. Associated Press. February 17, 2018.
Retrieved February 22, 2018.
2. "Wagner Men's Basketball Clinches NEC Regular Season Title On Saturday With 78–74
Win Over LIU Brooklyn" (http://www.silive.com/colleges/index.ssf/2018/02/wagner_mens_ba
sketball_clinche_1.html). SILive.com. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
3. "2018 NEC Men's Basketball Tournament" (http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/northea
stconference.org/documents/2018/2/7/bracket18_mbb_wbb.pdf) (PDF). Northeast
Conference. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20220426172854/http://sidearm.sites.s3.
amazonaws.com/northeastconference.org/documents/2018/2/7/bracket18_mbb_wbb.pdf)
(PDF) from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
4. "2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Championship" (http://northeastconference.or
g/tournaments/?id=158). Retrieved February 20, 2018.

External links
2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Championship (http://northeastconference.or
g/tournaments/?id=158p)

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