| Year: | 2004 |
| Conference: | Northeast Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Spiro Sports Center |
| City: | Staten Island, NY |
| Finalarena: | William T. Boylan Gymnasium |
| Champions: | Monmouth |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Dave Calloway |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Blake Hamilton |
| Mvpteam: | Monmouth |
The 2004 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.
The NEC Men's Basketball Tournament will consist 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, Monmouth.
Tournament MVP in bold.[1]
| 2004 NEC All-Tournament Team | ||||||
| Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTH Tamien Trent, FDU Ron Robinson, CCSU Dwayne Byfield, MONMOUTH Tyler Azzarelli, MONMOUTH | ||||||