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Quarterfinals #4 Mt. St. Mary's 68, #3 Sacred Heart 55
2008 Northeast Conference
Men's Basketball Tournament
Presented By Esurance
All games played at home of higher seed.
Teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals.
Click here for NEC Tournament Bracket
Clich here for NEC Tournament Preview
Click here for All-Conference release
Click here for media teleconference soundbites
Click here for "Who Will Go Dancing?" Championship release
Thurs.
Mar. 6
#1 Robert Morris 64, #8 Monmouth 50
#2 Wagner 71, #7 Long Island 62
#3 Sacred Heart 84, #6 CCSU 71
#4 Mt. St. Mary's 80, #5 Quinnipiac 70
Semifinals
Sun.
Mar. 9
#4 Mt. St. Mary's 83, #1 Robert Morris 65
#3 Sacred Heart 55, #2 Wagner 49
Championship
Wed.
Mar. 12
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Tournament Overview
For the fourth straight year, the NEC Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games 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 Tournament quarterfinal play commences on Thursday, March 6, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March 9. One men’s semifinal game will be televised, with MSG Network slated to air a game at 4:00 pm. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, will be contested on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 pm.
The NEC’s return to a playoff format in 2005 came after an eight-year absence that saw the league’s annual postseason tournament contested at one campus site (Wagner, in 1999), at a municipal arena (Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ in 2000-01) and at a single campus site for the quarterfinals and semifinals, followed by the highest remaining seed hosting the championship game (CCSU, in 1998 and Wagner, from 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.
Prices throughout the quarterfinals and semifinals are $8 for adults, $5 for students with college I.D., senior citizens 65 and older and children between the ages of 5 and 12 years of age.
Prices for the championship game will be $15 for adults, $10 for students with college I.D., senior citizens 65 and older and children between the ages of 5 and 12 years of age.
Directions To NEC Institutions
Tournament Information
NEC Men's Basketball Tournament (1998-07)
NEC Men's Basketball History
NCAA Men's Tournament Participation
