2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200607
Teams 8
Site Campus sites
Finals site William H. Detrick Gymnasium
New Britain, CT
Champions Central Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Howie Dickenman (3rd title)
MVP Javier Mojica[1] (CCSU)
Attendance 13,595 (Total)
3,210 (Championship)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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2006–07 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Central Connecticut 16 2   .889     22 12   .647
Sacred Heart 12 6   .667     18 14   .563
Quinnipiac 11 7   .611     14 15   .483
Robert Morris 9 9   .500     17 11   .607
Mount St. Mary's 9 9   .500     11 20   .355
Fairleigh Dickinson 9 9   .500     14 16   .467
Wagner 8 10   .444     11 19   .367
St. Francis (NY) 7 11   .389     9 22   .290
Monmouth 7 11   .389     12 18   .400
Long Island 6 12   .333     10 19   .345
Saint Francis (PA) 5 13   .278     8 21   .276
2007 NEC Tournament winner

The 2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 1, 4 and 7. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on Thursday, March 1 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Sunday, March 4 and the finals on Wednesday, March 7. Central Connecticut won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.[2]

Format

For the third 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
Thursday, March 1
Reseeded Semifinals
Sunday, March 4
Championship Game
Wednesday, March 7
                           
  1  Central Connecticut 79
8  St. Francis (NY) 61
1  Centreal Connecticut 74  
5  Mount St. Mary's 68  
2  Sacred Heart 100
  7  Wagner 68
    1  Central Connecticut 74
  2  Sacred Heart 70
  3  Quinnipiac 78
6  Fairleigh Dickinson 77
2  Sacred Heart 83
3  Quinnipiac 69  
4  Robert Morris 61
  5   Mount St. Mary's 78

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[3]

2007 NEC All-Tournament Team

Javier Mojica, CCSU
Tristan Blackwood, CCSU
Obie Nwadike, CCSU
Jarrid Frye, SHU
Joey Henley, SHU

References

  1. "CCSU Claims 2007 NEC Men's Basketball Championship With 74-70 Win Over Sacred Heart". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "2007 NEC Men's Basketball Tournament". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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