1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Finals site	Schwartz Athletic Center Brooklyn, NY
Champions	Long Island (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ray Haskins (1st title)
MVP	Charles Jones (LIU)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments ← 1996 1998 →

1996–97 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Long Island†	15	–	13		.536			21	–	9		.700
Fairleigh Dickinson	13	–	5		.722			18	–	10		.643
Monmouth	12	–	6		.667			18	–	11		.621
Rider	10	–	8		.556			14	–	14		.500
Mount St. Mary's	10	–	8		.556			14	–	13		.519
Saint Francis (PA)	9	–	9		.500			12	–	15		.444
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
Wagner	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Marist	4	–	14		.222			6	–	22		.214
Robert Morris	3	–	15		.167			4	–	23		.148
† 1997 NEC Tournament winner

The 1997 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. LIU Brooklyn won the championship, their second, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of a ten-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The first round was played by the four lowest seeds (7–10) and the other teams received a bye.

Tournament MVP in bold.

Charles Jones, LIU
Corey Albano, MU
Mustafa Barksdale, MU
Mike Campbell, LIU
Dave Masciale, LIU
Richie Parker, LIU

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