2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Wagner won the championship, its first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	8
Site	Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY
Finals site	Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY
Champions	Wagner (1st title)
Winning coach	Dereck Whittenburg (1st title)
MVP	Jermaine Hall (Wagner)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2002–03 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wagner †	14	–	4		.778			21	–	11		.656
Monmouth	13	–	5		.722			15	–	13		.536
Central Connecticut	12	–	6		.667			15	–	13		.536
Quinnipiac	10	–	8		.556			17	–	12		.586
Saint Francis (PA)	10	–	8		.556			14	–	14		.500
St. Francis (NY)	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Fairleigh Dickinson	9	–	9		.500			15	–	14		.517
Long Island	7	–	11		.389			9	–	19		.321
Robert Morris	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Mount St. Mary's	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
Sacred Heart	6	–	12		.333			8	–	21		.276
UMBC	5	–	13		.278			7	–	20		.259
† 2003 NEC tournament winner

Format

The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Wagner.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Spiro Sports Center					Semifinals Spiro Sports Center					Championship Game Spiro Sports Center
	1	Wagner	88
	8	Long Island	66
						1	Wagner	61
						4	Quinnipiac	54
	4	Quinnipiac	75
	5	Saint Francis (PA)	57
											1	Wagner	78
											6	St. Francis (NY)	61
	2	Monmouth	61
	7	Fairleigh Dickinson	63
						7	Fairleigh Dickinson	66
						6	St. Francis (NY)	88
	3	Central Connecticut	62
	6	St. Francis (NY)	67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

2003 NEC All-Tournament Team

Jermaine Hall, WAGNER Rashaun Banjo, QU John Quintana, SFNY Dedrick Dye, WAGNER Courtney Pritchard, WAGNER