2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 4, 7, and 10. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The tourney opened on Wednesday, March 4 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Saturday, March 7 and the finals on Tuesday, March 10. Robert Morris earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the eleventh straight year, the NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seeds

Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under NEC policy.

Bracket

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed
* Overtime

Game summaries

Quarterfinals: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. LIU Brooklyn

Series History: LIU leads 63-40
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Quarterfinals: Mount St. Mary's vs. Saint Francis (PA)

Series History: MSM leads 42-30
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Quarterfinals: Robert Morris vs. Wagner

Series History: RMU leads 41-25
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Quarterfinals: Bryant vs. Sacred Heart

Series History: SHU leads 18-13
Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and John Schmeelk
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Semifinal: Robert Morris vs. Bryant

Series History: RMU leads 10–2
Announcers: John Schmeelk and Tim Capstraw
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Semifinal: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Saint Francis (PA)

Series History: SFU leads 36–38
Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and Matt Harmon
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Championship: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Robert Morris

Series History: 43–27
Announcers: John Brickley and Craig Robinson
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All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.
NameSchoolPos.YearHt.Hometown
Rodney PriorRobert MorrisGuardJunior6-5Evanston, Illinois
Brent JonesSt. Francis BrooklynGuardSenior6-2Bronx, New York
Earl BrownSaint Francis ForwardSenior6-6Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lucky JonesRobert MorrisForwardSenior6-5Newark, New Jersey
Jalen CannonSt. Francis BrooklynForwardSenior6-6Allentown, Pennsylvania