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The '''2009 [[Northeast Conference]] men's basketball tournament''' was held on March |
The '''2009 [[Northeast Conference]] men's basketball tournament''' was held on March 5, 8th, and 11th. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 5 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 8 and the finals on March 11. The champion, [[2008–09 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team|Robert Morris]], earned a trip to the [[2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2009 NCAA Tournament]]. |
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Revision as of 15:34, 6 March 2023
| 2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2008–09 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | campus sites |
| Finals site | Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania |
| Champions | Robert Morris (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Rice (1st title) |
| MVP | Jeremy Chappell (Robert Morris) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2009 NEC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held on March 5, 8th, and 11th. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 5 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 8 and the finals on March 11. The champion, Robert Morris, earned a trip to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 5 | Semifinals March 8 | Finals March 11 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Morris | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | St. Francis (NY) | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Morris | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Quinnipiac | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Long Island | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Quinnipiac | 86* | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Morris | 48 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mount Saint Mary's | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Central Connecticut St | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mount Saint Mary's | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mount Saint Mary's | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Wagner | 62 | ||||||||||||
All-tournament team
Tournament MVP in bold.[1]
| 2009 NEC All-Tournament Team | ||||||
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Jeremy Chappell, RMU | ||||||
Sources
References
- ^ "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.