2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
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2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mount St. Mary's	14	–	4		.778			18	–	15		.545
LIU Brooklyn	13	–	5		.722			20	–	11		.645
Wagner	11	–	7		.611			16	–	14		.533
Saint Francis (PA)	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
Robert Morris	9	–	9		.500			14	–	19		.424
Bryant	9	–	9		.500			12	–	20		.375
Fairleigh Dickinson	9	–	9		.500			11	–	19		.367
Sacred Heart	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Central Connecticut	4	–	14		.222			6	–	23		.207
St. Francis Brooklyn	2	–	16		.111			4	–	27		.129
† 2017 NEC Tournament winner As of March 4, 2017;

The 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference. The tournament is being held from March 1–7, 2017. All games of the tournament will take place on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. The winner of the championship game earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

For the 13th straight year, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consists 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.

The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Teams will be reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

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