Английская Википедия:2015 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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The 2015 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held on March 4, 7, and 10. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The tourney opened on Wednesday, March 4 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Saturday, March 7 and the finals on Tuesday, March 10. Robert Morris earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.

Format

For the eleventh straight year, the NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seeds

Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under NEC policy.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	St. Francis Brooklyn‡	15–3	21–10
2	Robert Morris	12–6	16–14	1–1 vs. SFBK, 1–1 vs. Bryant, 2–0 vs. MSM
3	Bryant	12–6	15–14	1–1 vs. SFBK, 1–1 vs. RM, 1–1 vs. MSM
4	Mount St. Mary's	11–7	15–14
5	Saint Francis (PA)	9–9	15–14	2–0 vs. SH
6	Sacred Heart	9–9	15–16	0–2 vs. SFPA
7	Wagner	8–10	10–19	2–0 vs. LIU
8	LIU Brooklyn	8–10	12–17	0–2 vs. Wagner
‡ – NEC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

Шаблон:8TeamBracket-reseed All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed
* Overtime

Game summaries

Quarterfinals: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. LIU Brooklyn

Series History: LIU leads 63-40

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Quarterfinals: Mount St. Mary's vs. Saint Francis (PA)

Series History: MSM leads 42-30

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Quarterfinals: Robert Morris vs. Wagner

Series History: RMU leads 41-25

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Quarterfinals: Bryant vs. Sacred Heart

Series History: SHU leads 18-13
Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and John Schmeelk

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Semifinal: Robert Morris vs. Bryant

Series History: RMU leads 10–2
Announcers: John Schmeelk and Tim Capstraw

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Semifinal: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Saint Francis (PA)

Series History: SFU leads 36–38
Announcers: Paul Dottino, Joe DeSantis and Matt Harmon

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Championship: St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Robert Morris

Series History: 43–27
Announcers: John Brickley and Craig Robinson

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All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Ht.	Hometown
Rodney Prior	Robert Morris	Guard	Junior	6-5	Evanston, Illinois
Brent Jones	St. Francis Brooklyn	Guard	Senior	6-2	Bronx, New York
Earl Brown	Saint Francis (PA)	Forward	Senior	6-6	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lucky Jones	Robert Morris	Forward	Senior	6-5	Newark, New Jersey
Jalen Cannon	St. Francis Brooklyn	Forward	Senior	6-6	Allentown, Pennsylvania