2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at the home arena of the highest seed, on February 28, March 3, and March 6, 2018. The No. 4 seed LIU Brooklyn defeated No. 1 seed Wagner in the championship game to earn the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	LIU Brooklyn (6th title)
Winning coach	Derek Kellogg (1st title)
MVP	Joel Hernandez (LIU Brooklyn)
Television	NEC Front Row, ESPN3, ESPN2
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2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wagner	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
Saint Francis (PA)	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
Mount St. Mary's	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
LIU Brooklyn †	10	–	8		.556			18	–	17		.514
St. Francis Brooklyn	10	–	8		.556			13	–	18		.419
Robert Morris	9	–	9		.500			16	–	17		.485
Fairleigh Dickinson	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Central Connecticut	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Sacred Heart	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Bryant	2	–	16		.111			3	–	28		.097
† 2018 NEC tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight teams in the Northeast Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

On February 17, 2018, Wagner defeated LIU Brooklyn to win the NEC regular season championship outright, their second regular season championship in the previous three years, and received the No. 1 seed.^[1][2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Wagner	14–4
2	Mount St. Mary's	12–6	2–0 vs SFPA
3	Saint Francis (PA)	12–6	0–2 vs MSM
4	LIU Brooklyn	10–8	1–1 vs SFB, 1–1 vs Wag, 2–2 vs MSM/SFPA
5	St. Francis Brooklyn	10–8	1–1 vs LIU, 1–1 vs Wag, 1–3 vs MSM/SFPA
6	Fairleigh Dickinson	9–9	1–1 vs RMU, 1–1 vs Wag
7	Robert Morris	9–9	1–1 vs FDU, 0–2 vs Wag
8	Central Connecticut	7–11
DNQ	Sacred Heart	5–13
DNQ	Bryant	2–16

Schedule and results

Game	Time[3]	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, February 28
1	7:00pm	No. 1 Wagner vs No. 8 Central Connecticut	73–61	NEC Front Row
2	7:00pm	No. 4 LIU Brooklyn vs. No. 5 St. Francis Brooklyn	73–50
3	7:00pm	No. 2 Mount Saint Mary's vs No. 7 Robert Morris	56–60
4	7:00pm	No. 3 Saint Francis (PA) vs No. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson	75–84
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
5	12:00 pm	No. 4 LIU Brooklyn vs No. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson	78–77	ESPN3/NEC Front Row
6	2:00 pm	No. 1 Wagner vs No. 7 Robert Morris	75–64
Final – Tuesday, March 6
7	7:00 pm	No. 1 Wagner vs No. 4 LIU Brooklyn	61–71	ESPN2
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

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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.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, February 28, 2018 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Saturday, March 3, 2018 ESPN3/NEC Front Row					Championship Tuesday, March 6, 2018 ESPN2
	1	Wagner	73
	8	Central Connecticut	61
						1	Wagner	75
						7	Robert Morris	64
	4	LIU Brooklyn	73
	5	St. Francis Brooklyn	50
											1	Wagner	61
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											4	LIU Brooklyn	71
	2	Mount St. Mary's	56
	7	Robert Morris	60
						4	LIU Brooklyn	78
						6	Fairleigh Dickinson	77
	3	Saint Francis (PA)	75
	6	Fairleigh Dickinson	84