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2013 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Season
  
2012–13

Site
  
campus sites

Finals site
  
Steinberg Wellness Center Brooklyn, New York

Champions
  
Long Island (5th title)

The 2013 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 6, 9, and 12, 2013. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on Wednesday, March 6 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Saturday, March 9 and the finals on Tuesday, March 12. LIU Brooklyn won the championship, its fifth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. This is LIU's third NEC Tournament Championship in a row, having won it the previous two years, they are the first NEC team to three-peat.

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Format

For the ninth straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seeds

Teams are seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an NEC policy.

Bracket

All games were played at the venue of the higher seed

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

Quarterfinals: Robert Morris vs. St. Francis Brooklyn

Series History: RMU leads 39-26

Quarterfinals: Mount St. Mary's at Bryant

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Quarterfinals: Wagner vs. Central Connecticut

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Quarterfinals: Long Island vs Quinnipiac

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Semifinal: Mount St. Mary's at Robert Morris

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Semifinal: Long Island at Wagner

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Championship: Long Island vs Mount St. Mary's

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References

2013 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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