The 2020 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...
for the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. All tournament games are played at the home arena of the highest seed. The tournament took place March 4–10, 2020.
Seeds
The top eight postseason-eligible teams in the Northeast Conference will compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
*Note:
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is a Private university, private Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. It en ...
joined the Northeast Conference from
Division II Northeast-10 Conference
The Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states o ...
.
The Warriors will not be eligible for the NEC Tournament until 2024.
Schedule and results
Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
Bracket and results
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
All-tournament team
Tournament MVP in bold.
See also
*
2020 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
References
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Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
The Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Northeast Conference (NEC). It has been held every year since the NEC was established in the 1981–82 season. The tournament is a ...