2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	7
Site	Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton, NJ
Champions	Monmouth (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dave Calloway (1st title)
MVP	Rahsaan Johnson (MU)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2000–01 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
St. Francis (NY)	16	–	4		.800			18	–	11		.621
Monmouth †	15	–	5		.750			21	–	10		.677
UMBC	13	–	7		.650			18	–	11		.621
Long Island	12	–	8		.600			12	–	16		.429
Wagner	11	–	9		.550			16	–	13		.552
Central Connecticut	11	–	9		.550			14	–	14		.500
Fairleigh Dickinson	10	–	10		.500			13	–	15		.464
Saint Francis (PA)	9	–	11		.450			9	–	18		.333
Mount St. Mary's	7	–	13		.350			7	–	21		.250
Robert Morris	7	–	13		.350			7	–	22		.241
Sacred Heart	6	–	14		.300			7	–	21		.250
Quinnipiac	3	–	17		.150			6	–	21		.222
† 2001 NEC tournament winner

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of the conferences top seven teams. All games were played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. The #1 seed received a bye for the first round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	St. Francis (NY)	72
						5	Wagner	65
	4	Long Island	83
	5	Wagner	88
											1	St. Francis (NY)	64
											2	Monmouth	67
	2	Monmouth	71
	7	Fairleigh Dickinson	59
						2	Monmouth	67
						3	UMBC	54
	3	UMBC	59
	6	Central Connecticut	44

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

2001 NEC All-Tournament Team

Rahsaan Johnson, MU Gerry Crosby, MU Richy Dominguez, SFNY Steven Howard, SFNY Jermaine Hall, WAGNER