The 2017 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference. The tournament is being held from March 1–7, 2017. All games of the tournament took place on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. The winner, Mount St. Mary's, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 71-61 win over St. Francis (PA) in the finals.
Seeds For the 13th straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consists 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.
The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Mount St. Mary's14–4 2LIU Brooklyn13–5 3Wagner11–7 1–1 vs SFPA, 1–1 vs MSM 4Saint Francis (PA)11–7 1–1 vs WAG, 0–2 vs MSM 5Bryant 9–9 3–1 vs FDU/RMU 6Fairleigh Dickinson 9–9 2–2 vs BRY/RMU 7Robert Morris 9–9 1–3 vs BRY/FDU 8Sacred Heart8–10
Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 117:00 pm #8 Sacred Heart at #1 Mount St. Mary's73–76NEC Front Row2,40529:00 pm #7 Robert Morris at #2 LIU Brooklyn69–68MSG+/FCS/NEC Front Row1,42237:00 pm #6 Fairleigh Dickinson at #3 Wagner70–72 MSG+/FCS/NEC Front Row1,51447:00 pm #5 Bryant at #4 Saint Francis (PA)65–74NEC Front Row746 Semifinals – Saturday, March 452:00 pm #7 Robert Morris at #1 Mount St. Mary's66–75MSG/FCS 2,867612:00 pm #4 Saint Francis (PA) at #3 Wagner71–701,823 Championship – Tuesday, March 777:00 pm #4 Saint Francis (PA) at #1 Mount St. Mary's61-71ESPN23,121 *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket Teams will be reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed
All-tournament team Tournament MVP in bold.
NameSchool Pos. Year Ht. Hometown Elijah Long Mount St. Mary's Guard Sophomore 6-0 Mississauga, Ontario Lamont "Junior" Robinson Mount St. Mary's Guard Junior 5-5 Mebane, North Carolina Michael Carey Wagner Guard/Forward Senior 6-5 Nassau, Bahamas Josh Nebo Saint Francis (PA) Forward Sophomore 6-8 Houston, Texas Keith Braxton Saint Francis (PA) Guard Freshman 6-4 Glassboro, New Jersey
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