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1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1995–96
Teams	10
Finals site	William T. Boylan Gymnasium; West Long Branch, NJ
Champions	Monmouth (1st title)
Winning coach	Wayne Szoke (1st title)
MVP	Corey Albano (Monmouth)
	Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

1995–96 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Mount St. Mary's	16	–	2	.889	21	–	8	.724
Marist	14	–	4	.778	22	–	7	.759
Monmouth †	14	–	4	.778	20	–	10	.667
Rider	12	–	6	.667	19	–	11	.633
Saint Francis (PA)	11	–	7	.611	13	–	14	.481
Wagner	7	–	11	.389	10	–	17	.370
Fairleigh Dickinson	6	–	12	.333	7	–	20	.259
Long Island	5	–	13	.278	9	–	19	.321
St. Francis Brooklyn	3	–	15	.167	9	–	18	.333
Robert Morris	2	–	16	.111	5	–	23	.179

† 1996 NEC tournament winner

Format

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.

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship Game

			1	Mount St. Mary's	93
8	Long Island	82	9	Long Island	58
9	St. Francis Brooklyn	63				1	Mount St. Mary's	70
						4	Rider	74
			4	Rider	84
			5	Saint Francis (PA)	70
									4	Rider	59
									3	Monmouth	60
			2	Marist	70
7	Fairleigh Dickinson	80	10	Robert Morris	51
10	Robert Morris	87				2	Marist	56
						3	Monmouth	57
			3	Monmouth	64
			6	Wagner	55