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2023 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsMerrimack (1st title)
Winning coachJoe Gallo (1st title)
MVPZiggy Reid (Merrimack)
TelevisionNEC Front Row, ESPN3, ESPN2
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The 2023 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament took place on three dates between March 1, and March 7, 2023, and all tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner, Merrimack, did not receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament due to not being eligible because of a transition from Division II. Instead, the runner-up, Farleigh Dickinson, was awarded the conference's automatic bid.

2022–23 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Merrimack*† 12 – 4   .750 18 – 16   .529
Fairleigh Dickinson^ 10 – 6   .625 21 – 16   .568
Stonehill** 10 – 6   .625 14 – 17   .452
Saint Francis (PA) 9 – 7   .563 13 – 18   .419
Sacred Heart 8 – 8   .500 16 – 17   .485
Wagner 8 – 8   .500 15 – 13   .536
Central Connecticut 7 – 9   .438 10 – 22   .313
St. Francis Brooklyn 7 – 9   .438 14 – 16   .467
LIU 1 – 15   .063 3 – 26   .103
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
** ineligible for both the 2023 NEC tournament and the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
^ received automatic bid for the 2023 NCAA tournament as conference tournament runner-up, due to Merrimack's ineligibility
† 2023 NEC tournament winner

Seeds

All eight eligible teams of the nine members of the conference will qualify. Effective for the 2022–23 academic year, NEC teams transitioning from Division II are eligible for the NEC tournament during their third and fourth years of the transition period.[1] If a reclassifying institution wins the NEC tournament championship, the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament goes to the NEC tournament runner up.[1] The rule change regarding reclassifying institutions results in Merrimack being eligible for the 2023 NEC tournament,[1] since it is in its fourth transition year.

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference,[2] with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[3]

Stonehill College joined the Northeast Conference from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference. Stonehill is ineligible for the NCAA tournament until the 2026-27 season during its four-year reclassification period and won’t be eligible for the NEC tournament until the 2024-25 season.[4]

Seed School Conf. Tiebreaker
1 Merrimack 12–4
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 10–6
3 Saint Francis (PA) 9–7
4 Sacred Heart 8–8 2-2 vs. CCSU/SFC
5 Wagner 8–8 1-3 vs. CCSU/SFC
6 Central Connecticut 7–9 2-2 vs. FDU/Stonehill
7 St. Francis Brooklyn 7–9 0-4 vs. FDU/Stonehill
8 LIU 1–15

Schedule

Session Game[5] Time* Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1
1 1 7:00 pm No. 8 LIU at No. 1 Merrimack 76-91 ESPN3/NEC Front Row
2 7:00 pm No. 7 St. Francis Brooklyn at No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson 75-83
2 3 7:00 pm No. 6 Central Connecticut at No. 3 Saint Francis (PA) 69-83
4 7:00 pm No. 5 Wagner at No. 4 Sacred Heart 55-67
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
3 5 6:00 pm No. 4 Sacred Heart at No. 1 Merrimack 57-71 ESPN3
6 8:00 pm No. 3 Saint Francis (PA) at No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson 50-70
Championship – Tuesday, March 7
4 7 7:00 pm No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson at No. 1 Merrimack 66-67 ESPN2
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 1
ESPN3/NEC Front Row 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPN3/NEC Front Row 		Championship
Tuesday, March 7
ESPN2
         
1 Merrimack 91
8 LIU 76
1 Merrimack 71
4 Sacred Heart 57
3 Saint Francis (PA) 83
6 Central Connecticut 69
1 Merrimack 67
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
2 Fairleigh Dickinson 83
7 St. Francis Brooklyn 75
2 Fairleigh Dickinson# 70
3 Saint Francis (PA) 50
4 Sacred Heart 67
5 Wagner 55

# — Due to Merrimack's ineligibility, the semi-final between St. Francis & FDU decided the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Ziggy Reid

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