2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Monmouth (1st title)
Winning coach	Wayne Szoke (1st title)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2005–06 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson	14	–	4		.778			20	–	12		.625
Central Connecticut	13	–	5		.722			18	–	11		.621
Monmouth †	12	–	6		.667			19	–	15		.559
Mount St. Mary's	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
Robert Morris	10	–	8		.556			15	–	14		.517
Long Island	9	–	9		.500			12	–	16		.429
Sacred Heart	8	–	10		.444			11	–	17		.393
Quinnipiac	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Wagner	6	–	12		.333			13	–	14		.481
Saint Francis (PA)	2	–	16		.111			4	–	24		.143
† 2006 NEC tournament winner

The 2006 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its first, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

Format

For the second straight year, the NEC Men’s 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.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Reseeded Semifinals					Championship Game
	1	Central Connecticut	79
	8	St. Francis (NY)	61
						1	Centreal Connecticut	74
						5	Mount St. Mary's	68
	2	Sacred Heart	100
	7	Wagner	68
											1	Central Connecticut	74
											2	Sacred Heart	70
	3	Quinnipiac	78
	6	Fairleigh Dickinson	77
						2	Sacred Heart	83
						3	Quinnipiac	69
	4	Robert Morris	61
	5	Mount St. Mary's	78

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

2006 NEC All-Tournament Team

Javier Mojica, CCSU Tristan Blackwood, CCSU Obie Nwadike, CCSU Jarrid Frye, SHU Joey Henley, SHU