1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	8
Site	William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT
Finals site	Schwartz Athletic Center Brooklyn, NY
Champions	Fairleigh Dickinson (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tom Green (3rd title)
MVP	Rahshon Turner (Fairleigh Dickinson)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, their third, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

1997–98 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Long Island	14	–	2		.875			21	–	11		.656
Fairleigh Dickinson †	13	–	3		.813			23	–	7		.767
St. Francis (NY)	10	–	6		.625			15	–	12		.556
Saint Francis (PA)	10	–	6		.625			17	–	10		.630
Mount St. Mary's	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
Wagner	7	–	9		.438			13	–	16		.448
Robert Morris	4	–	12		.250			8	–	19		.296
Monmouth	3	–	13		.188			4	–	23		.148
Central Connecticut	3	–	13		.188			4	–	22		.154
† 1998 NEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship Game
	1	Long Island	108
	8	Monmouth	79
						1	Long Island	93
						5	Mount St. Mary's	73
	4	Saint Francis (PA)	50
	5	Mount St. Mary's	69
											1	Long Island	91
											2	Fairleigh Dickinson	105
	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	89
	7	Robert Morris	73
						2	Fairleigh Dickinson	78
						6	Wagner	49
	3	St. Francis Brooklyn	76OT
	6	Wagner	77

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

1998 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahshon Turner, FDU Elijah Allen, FDU Mike Campbell, LIU Gregory Harris, MSM Charles Jones, LIU Richie Parker, LIU