2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held from March 2–8, 2016. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The winners of the tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. This is Fairleigh Dickinson's fifth Championship.

Format For the twelfth 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 reseeded 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 an NEC policy.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Wagner‡ 13–5 2Fairleigh Dickinson 11–71–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 2–0 vs. LIU, 2–0 vs. SFU 3Sacred Heart 11–7 1–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 1–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. SFU 4St. Francis Brooklyn 11–7 1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. SHU, 0–2 vs. Wagner 5Mount St. Mary's 10–8 6LIU Brooklyn 9–9 1–1 vs. SFU, 2–0 vs. Wagner 7Saint Francis (PA) 9–9 1–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. Wagner 8Robert Morris 8–10

Bracket Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

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

Game summaries

Quarterfinals: #1 Wagner vs. #8 Robert Morris Series History: Robert Morris leads 41–28

Quarterfinals: #2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #7 Saint Francis (PA) Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 44–40

Quarterfinals: #3 Sacred Heart vs. #6 LIU Brooklyn Series History: LIU Brooklyn leads 20–11

Quarterfinals: #4 St. Francis Brooklyn vs. #5 Mount St. Mary's Series History: Mount St. Mary's leads 30–26

Semifinal: #1 Wagner vs. #6 LIU Brooklyn Series History: Wagner leads 40–39

Semifinal: #2 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. #5 Mount St. Mary's Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 27–23

Championship: #1 Wagner 79 vs. #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 87 Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 41–37

*All times EST

All-tournament team Tournament MVP in bold. NameSchool Pos. Year Ht. Hometown Earl Potts Jr. Fairleigh Dickinson Guard Sophomore 6-6 Severn, Maryland Darian Anderson Fairleigh Dickinson Guard Sophomore 6-1 Washington, D.C. Michael Carey Wagner Guard/Forward Junior 6-5 Nassau, Bahamas Corey Henson Wagner Guard Sophomore 6-3 Upper Marlboro, Maryland Joel Hernandez LIU Brooklyn Guard Junior 6-3 Teaneck, New Jersey

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