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2005 NEC Women's Basketball Tournament
#1 St. Francis (PA) 65, #3 Robert Morris 50
(all games played at home of higher seed)
Click here for tournament ticket pricing and directions
Click here for NEC Women's Tournament Championship Notes/Stats (PDF)
Click here for NEC Women's All-Conference Release
Click here for updated NEC Tournament bracket (PDF)
Click here for streaming audio of NEC WBB Coaches Teleconference (3/2)
Click here for Robert Morris championship notes (PDF)
Click here for St. Francis (PA) championship notes (PDF)
Women's Quarterfinals
Sat.
March 5
#1 St. Francis (PA) 77, #8 St. Francis (NY) 57
# 2 Sacred Heart 76, #7 Mount St. Mary's 56
#3 Robert Morris 72, #6 Cent. Conn. St. 39
#5 Quinnipiac 75, #4 Monmouth 68
Semifinals
Tues.
March 8
#1 St. Francis (PA) 65, #5 Quinnipiac 48
#3 Robert Morris 68, #2 Sacred Heart 62 (OT)
Championship
Sat.
March 12
2005 NEC Men's Basketball Tournament
(all games played at home of higher seed)
Click here for tournament ticket pricing and directions
Click here for Tournament preview / Click here For Championship Media Notes
Click here for NEC Championship Game release: "Who Will Go Dancing?"
Click here for NEC Men's All-Conference release
Click here for updated NEC Tournament bracket (PDF)
Click here for streaming audio of NEC MBB Coaches Teleconference (3/1)
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Men's Quarterfinals | |||
| Thurs. | March 3 | #1 Monmouth 54, #8 Cent. Conn. St. 53 | |
| #2 FDU 78, #7 St. Francis (NY) 60 | |||
| #6 Wagner 69, #3 Robert Morris 65 | |||
| #4 Long Island 76, #5 St. Francis (PA) 67 | |||
| Semifinals | |||
| Sun. | March 6 | #6 Wagner 63, #1 Monmouth 60 | |
| #2 Fairleigh Dickinson 70, #4 Long Island 62 | |||
| Championship | |||
| Wed. | March 9 |
#2 Fairleigh Dickinson 58, #6 Wagner 52 |
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Following an 18-game regular season, a newly devised eight-team playoff format will replace the tournament structure that had been employed by the conference since 1998. All playoff games will be played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. 
NEC Men's Tournament quarterfinal play commences on Thursday, March 3, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March 6. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, will be contested on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm.
NEC Women's Tournament quarterfinal play commences on Saturday, March 5, followed by the semifinal round on Tuesday, March 8. The championship game, to be televised by MSG-TV, will be contested on Saturday, March 12 at 2:00 pm.
The NEC’s return to a playoff format comes after an eight-year absence that saw the league’s annual postseason tournament contested at one campus site (1999), at a municipal arena (2000-01) and at a single campus site for the quarterfinals and semifinals, followed by the highest remaining seed hosting the championship game (1998, 2002-04). The conference had previously employed a high-seed hosting format from 1991-97, though teams were not reseeded after the quarterfinals as the tournament is currently constructed.
