2008 Northeast Conference
Women's Basketball Tournament
Quarterfinals and Semifinals at
Long Island University.
Championship at higher seed
- Click here for NEC Tournament Bracket
- Click here for Championship Media Packet
- Click here for NEC Tournament Preview
- Click here for NEC All-Conference Release
- Click here for teleconference soundbites
- Click here for NEC women's basketball banquet
video featuring NEC Tournament team-by-team
previews/All-NEC award winners
- For a list of cable systems in the Northeast that
will carry the championship game on ESPNU,
please click here.
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Quarterfinals |
| Sat. |
Mar. 8 |
#1 Quinnipiac 66, #8 Mount St. Mary's 56 |
Recap | Boxscore |
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#4 Long Island 64, #5 Fairleigh Dickinson 53 |
Recap | Boxscore |
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#2 Robert Morris 77, #7 St. Francis (NY) 62 |
Recap | Boxscore |
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#6 Monmouth 75, #3 Sacred Heart 70 |
Recap | Boxscore |
| Semifinals |
| Sun. |
Mar. 9 |
#4 Long Island 67, #1 Quinnipiac 63 |
Recap | Boxscore |
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#2 Robert Morris 67, #6 Monmouth 52 |
Recap | Boxscore |
| Championship |
| Sun. |
Mar. 16 |
#2 Robert Morris 86, #4 Long Island 75 |
Final
Tape delay on NEC website beginning
Monday, March 17th at 3:00 pm. |
Tournament Overview
The 2008 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament takes on a slightly different format than that of the past three years. The tournament will remain an eight-team format, but the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be played at predetermined host Long Island. The host of the championship game will be the highest remaining seed. Unlike in previous years, teams will not be reseeded following the quarterfinals.
NEC Tournament quarterfinal play commences on Saturday, March 8, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March 9. The NEC will hold the league’s 21st annual women’s championship game on Sunday, March 16. For the first time in tournament history, the final game will be played in front of a national television audience on ESPNU. Tip-off is 3:00 pm.
This year's tournament format featuring a single campus site hosting the quarterfinals and semifinals, followed by the highest remaining seed hosting the championship game was also utilized in 1998 (hosted by CCSU) and from 2002-04 (hosted by Wagner). The NEC employed a high seed hosting format from 1991-97 and 2005-07, had the tournament contested at one campus site (Wagner, in 1999), as well as at a municipal arena (Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton in 2000-01).
Ticket Information
Women's Tournament
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. For more information on tickets, call 718-488-1018.
Prices for the championship game will be determined at a later date.
Directions To Long Island University
Click here for directions to all NEC institutions
Long Island University
Wellness, Recreation & Athletic Center
Brooklyn, NY
Ticket Info: 718-488-1018
Airport: John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia International or Newark International.
By Car - From Manhattan: Via Manhattan Bridge - proceed along Flatbush Avenue Extension to Myrtle Avenue. Take Myrtle Avenue to Ashland Place. Turn right onto Ashland Place and proceed to DeKalb Avenue. Turn right onto DeKalb Avenue. Gates to parking lot on the right.
Via Brooklyn Bridge: Proceed along Adams Street to Tillary Street. Turn left onto Tillary Street and, after crossing Flatbush Avenue Extension, bear right onto Navy Street. Navy Street becomes Ashland Place and turn right onto DeKalb Avenue. Gates to parking lot on the right.
From Brooklyn: Take Belt Parkway to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Take BQU to Cadman Plaza West and proceed to Tillary Street. Turn left onto Tillary Street and, after crossing Flatbush Avenue Extension, bear right onto Navy Street. Navy Street becomes Ashland Place and turn right onto DeKalb Avenue. Gates to parking lot on the right.
From Staten Island: Take Verrazano Bridge to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Take BQE to Cadman Plaza West. Follow directions as above.
From New Jersey: Take Holland Tunnel to Canal Street. Take Canal Street straight across lower Manhattan to Manhattan Bridge (East bound). Follow directions from Manhattan Bridge above.
Tournament Information
NEC Tournament Bracket (PDF File)
NEC Women's Basketball Tournament (1998-07)
NEC Women's Basketball History
NCAA Women's Tournament Participation