2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Finals site	Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Champions	Robert Morris (6th title)
Winning coach	Mike Rice (1st title)
MVP	Jeremy Chappell (Robert Morris)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2008–09 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Robert Morris †	15	–	3		.833			24	–	11		.686
Mount St. Mary's	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Sacred Heart	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Long Island	12	–	6		.667			16	–	14		.533
Quinnipiac	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Central Connecticut	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Wagner	8	–	10		.444			16	–	14		.533
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			10	–	20		.333
Monmouth	6	–	12		.333			8	–	23		.258
Fairleigh Dickinson	6	–	12		.333			7	–	23		.233
Saint Francis (PA)	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
† 2009 NEC tournament winner

The 2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held on March 5, 8th, and 11th. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 5 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 8 and the finals on March 11. The champion, Robert Morris, earned a trip to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 5					Semifinals March 8					Finals March 11 ESPN2
	1	Robert Morris	73
	8	St. Francis (NY)	60
						1	Robert Morris	75
						5	Quinnipiac	48
	4	Long Island	78^OT
	5	Quinnipiac	86
											1	Robert Morris	48
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Mount St. Mary's	46
	3	Sacred Heart	76
	6	Central Connecticut	64
						3	Sacred Heart	63
						2	Mount St. Mary's	68
	2	Mount St. Mary's	72
	7	Wagner	62

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

2009 NEC All-Tournament Team

Jeremy Chappell, RMU Kelly Beidler, MSM Joey Henley, SHU Rob Robinson, RMU Justin Rutty, QU

Sources

• Tournament Bracket
• Tournament Home Page

References

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