2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Finals site	Rothman Center Hackensack, NJ
Champions	Monmouth (4th title)
Winning coach	Dave Calloway (3rd title)
MVP	Marques Alston (Monmouth)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson	14	–	4		.778			20	–	12		.625
Central Connecticut	13	–	5		.722			18	–	11		.621
Monmouth †	12	–	6		.667			19	–	15		.559
Mount St. Mary's	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
Robert Morris	10	–	8		.556			15	–	14		.517
Long Island	9	–	9		.500			12	–	16		.429
Sacred Heart	8	–	10		.444			11	–	17		.393
Quinnipiac	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Wagner	6	–	12		.333			13	–	14		.481
Saint Francis (PA)	2	–	16		.111			4	–	24		.143
† 2006 NEC tournament winner

The 2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the second straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist 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.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship Game
	1	Fairleigh Dickinson	66
	8	Quinnipiac	65
						1	Fairleigh Dickinson	71
						5	Robert Morris	55
	2	Central Connecticut	86
	7	Sacred Heart	68
											1	Fairleigh Dickinson	48
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Monmouth	49
	3	Monmouth	74
	6	Long Island	63
						2	Central Connecticut	48
						3	Monmouth	62
	4	Mount St. Mary's	66
	5	Robert Morris	67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Marques Alston, MU Chris Kenny, MU Andrea Crosariol, FDU Chad Timberlake, FDU Jeremy Chappell, RMU