2005 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2005 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Fairleigh Dickinson won the championship, its fourth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament.

2005 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Finals site	Rothman Center Hackensack, NJ
Champions	Fairleigh Dickinson (4th title)
Winning coach	Tom Green (4th title)
MVP	Tamien Trent (Fairleigh Dickinson)
Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2004–05 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Monmouth	14	–	4		.778			16	–	13		.552
Fairleigh Dickinson †	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
Robert Morris	11	–	7		.611			14	–	15		.483
Long Island	10	–	8		.556			14	–	15		.483
Saint Francis (PA)	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Wagner	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
St. Francis (NY)	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
Central Connecticut	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Quinnipiac	6	–	12		.333			10	–	17		.370
Mount St. Mary's	5	–	13		.278			7	–	20		.259
Sacred Heart	3	–	15		.167			4	–	23		.148
† 2005 NEC tournament winner

Format

Departing from last years format, the NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist 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.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Reseeded Semifinals					Championship Game
	1	Monmouth	54
	8	Central Connecticut	53
						1	Monmouth	60
						6	Wagner	63
	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	78
	7	St. Francis (NY)	60
											6	Wagner	52
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Fairleigh Dickinson	58
	3	Robert Morris	65
	6	Wagner	69
						2	Fairleigh Dickinson	70
						4	Long Island	62
	4	Long Island	76
	5	Saint Francis (PA)	67

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

2005 NEC All-Tournament Team

Tamien Trent, FDU Mark Porter, WAGNER Andrea Crosariol, FDU Gordon Klaiber, FDU Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH