title: 2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # 2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The 2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Central Connecticut won the championship, its first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.
  
  ## Format
  
  The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | Championship Game | Championship Game |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Central Connecticut | 65 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | UMBC | 58 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | UMBC | 58 | 1 | Central Connecticut | 83 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 73 | | | |
  | 4 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 86 | 4 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 73 | | | |
  | 5 | Monmouth | 70 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Monmouth | 70 | | | | 1 | Central Connecticut | 63 |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Robert Morris | 46 |
  | 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 68 | | | | | | | 3 | Robert Morris | 46 |
  | 7 | Mount St. Mary's | 73 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Mount St. Mary's | 73 | 7 | Mount St. Mary's | 61 | | | |
  | | | | 3 | Robert Morris | 80 | | | |
  | 3 | Robert Morris | 72 | 3 | Robert Morris | 80 | | | |
  | 6 | Saint Francis (PA) | 52 | | | | | | |
  
  ## All-tournament team
  
  Tournament MVP in bold.
  
  2000 NEC All-Tournament Team :
  
  * Rick Mickens, CCSU
  * Corsley Edwards, CCSU
  * Gregory Harris, MSM
  * Rahsaan Johnson, MU
  * Gene Nabors, RMU
  * John Tice, CCSU
  