2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 2008
Conference = Northeast Conference
Gender = Men's


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Teams = 8
Arena = campus sites
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Champions = Mount Saint Mary's
TitleCount = 3rd
Coach = Milan Brown
CoachCount = 1st
MVP = Jean Cajou [ [http://www.northeastconference.org/News/mbball/2008/3/12/mbb-champrecap.asp?path=mbball Mount St. Mary's Tops Sacred Heart, 68-55, To Win Third NEC Men's Basketball Championship] ]
MVPTeam = Mount Saint Mary's
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The 2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6-12, 2008 at campus sites [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/champweek2008/news/story?page=ncb_champweek2008#northeast ESPN - Conference tournament schedules, results] ] . Mount Saint Mary's won the tournament to receive an automatic berth to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.

Bracket

8TeamBracket | RD1=Quarterfinals
March 6
RD2=Semifinals
March 9
RD3=Finals
March 12
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RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Robert Morris
RD1-score1=64
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Monmouth
RD1-score2=50

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Mount Saint Mary's
RD1-score3=80
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Quinnipiac
RD1-score4=70

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Sacred Heart
RD1-score5=84
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Central Connecticut State
RD1-score6=71

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Wagner
RD1-score7=71
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Long Island
RD1-score8=62

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Robert Morris
RD2-score1=65
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Mount Saint Mary's
RD2-score2=83

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Sacred Heart
RD2-score3=55
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Wagner
RD2-score4=49

RD3-seed1=4
RD3-team1=Mount Saint Mary's
RD3-score1=68
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Sacred Heart
RD3-score2=55

ources

* [http://www.northeastconference.org/Pdfs/mbball/2008/1/3/bracket.pdf Tournament Bracket]

References