2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Finals site	Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Champions	Robert Morris (6th title)
Winning coach	Mike Rice (1st title)
MVP	Jeremy Chappell (Robert Morris)
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments ← 2008 2010 →

2008–09 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Robert Morris†	15	–	3		.833			24	–	11		.686
Mount St. Mary's	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Sacred Heart	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Long Island	12	–	6		.667			16	–	14		.533
Quinnipiac	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Central Connecticut	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Wagner	8	–	10		.444			16	–	14		.533
St. Francis (NY)	7	–	11		.389			10	–	20		.333
Monmouth	6	–	12		.333			8	–	23		.258
Fairleigh Dickinson	6	–	12		.333			7	–	23		.233
Saint Francis (PA)	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
† 2009 NEC Tournament winner

The 2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 5th, 8th, and 11th. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 5 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 8 and the finals on March 11. The champion, Robert Morris, earned a trip to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team.

Tournament MVP in bold.

Jeremy Chappell, RMU
Kelly Beidler, MSM
Joey Henley, SHU
Rob Robinson, RMU
Justin Rutty, QU

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