2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Wagner won the championship, its first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams8
SiteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
Finals siteSpiro Sports Center
Staten Island, NY
ChampionsWagner (1st title)
Winning coachDereck Whittenburg (1st title)
MVPJermaine Hall (Wagner)
← 2002
2004 →
2002–03 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wagner 14 4   .778 21 11   .656
Monmouth 13 5   .722 15 13   .536
Central Connecticut 12 6   .667 15 13   .536
Quinnipiac 10 8   .556 17 12   .586
Saint Francis (PA) 10 8   .556 14 14   .500
St. Francis (NY) 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
Fairleigh Dickinson 9 9   .500 15 14   .517
Long Island 7 11   .389 9 19   .321
Robert Morris 7 11   .389 10 17   .370
Mount St. Mary's 6 12   .333 11 16   .407
Sacred Heart 6 12   .333 8 21   .276
UMBC 5 13   .278 7 20   .259
2003 NEC tournament winner

Format

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The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Wagner.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Spiro Sports Center
Semifinals
Spiro Sports Center
Championship Game
Spiro Sports Center
         
1 Wagner 88
8 Long Island 66
1 Wagner 61
4 Quinnipiac 54
4 Quinnipiac 75
5 Saint Francis (PA) 57
1 Wagner 78
6 St. Francis (NY) 61
2 Monmouth 61
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 63
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 66
6 St. Francis (NY) 88
3 Central Connecticut 62
6 St. Francis (NY) 67

All-tournament team

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Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2003 NEC All-Tournament Team

Jermaine Hall, WAGNER
Rashaun Banjo, QU
John Quintana, SFNY
Dedrick Dye, WAGNER
Courtney Pritchard, WAGNER

References

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  1. ^ "NEC men's basketball record book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved October 29, 2015.