1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
# 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, their third, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

## Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Long Island | 108 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Monmouth | 79 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Monmouth | 79 | 1 | Long Island | 93 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Mount St. Mary's | 73 | | | |
| 4 | Saint Francis (PA) | 50 | 5 | Mount St. Mary's | 73 | | | |
| 5 | Mount St. Mary's | 69 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Mount St. Mary's | 69 | | | | 1 | Long Island | 91 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 105 |
| 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 89 | | | | | | | 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 105 |
| 7 | Robert Morris | 73 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Robert Morris | 73 | 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 78 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wagner | 49 | | | |
| 3 | St. Francis Brooklyn | $76^{OT}$ | 6 | Wagner | 49 | | | |
| 6 | Wagner | 77 | | | | | | |

## All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

1998 NEC All-Tournament Team :

* Rahshon Turner, FDU
* Elijah Allen, FDU
* Mike Campbell, LIU
* Gregory Harris, MSM
* Charles Jones, LIU
* Richie Parker, LIU
