The 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, their third, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the

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Bracket

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

References

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