| Year: | 2019 |
| Conference: | Northeast Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Champions: | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Greg Herenda |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Darnell Edge |
| Mvpteam: | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Television: | NEC Front Row, ESPN3, ESPN2 |
The 2019 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games are played at the home arena of the highest seed. The tournament took place March 6 through March 12, 2019. Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Saint Francis (PA) 85–76 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the NEC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.
The top eight teams in the Northeast Conference are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Francis (PA) | 12–6 | 1–1 vs FDU | 3–1 vs SHU/RMU | |
| 2 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 12–6 | 1–1 vs SFU | 2–2 vs SHU/RMU | |
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 11–7 | 1–1 vs RMU | 2–2 vs SFU/FDU | |
| 4 | Robert Morris | 11–7 | 1–1 vs SHU | 1–3 vs SFU/FDU | |
| 5 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 9–9 | 2–0 vs LIU | ||
| 6 | 9–9 | 0–2 vs SFBK | |||
| 7 | 8–10 | ||||
| 8 | 7–11 | ||||
| DNQ | Mount St. Mary's | 6–12 | |||
| DNQ | Central Connecticut | 5–13 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6 | |||||
| 1 | 7:00pm | (8) Bryant at (1) Saint Francis (PA) | 63–67 | NEC Front Row | |
| 2 | 7:00pm | (5) St. Francis Brooklyn at (4) Robert Morris | 65–69 | ||
| 3 | 7:00pm | (7) Wagner at (2) Fairleigh Dickinson | 46–84 | ||
| 4 | 6:00pm | (6) LIU Brooklyn at (3) Sacred Heart | 71–62 | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 9 | |||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | (4) Robert Morris at (2) Fairleigh Dickinson | 62–66 | ESPN3/NEC Front Row | |
| 6 | 2:00 pm | (6) LIU Brooklyn at (1) Saint Francis (PA) | 64–72 | ||
| Final – Tuesday, March 12 | |||||
| 7 | 7:00 pm | (2) Fairleigh Dickinson at (1) Saint Francis PA | 85–76 | ESPN2 | |
| Game times in EST through Semifinals. Game times in EDT through Finals. Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
Tournament MVP in bold.
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Darnell Edge | Fairleigh Dickinson | |
| Jahlil Jenkins | Fairleigh Dickinson | |
| Saint Francis (PA) | ||
| Jamaal King | Saint Francis (PA) | |
| Matty McConnell | Robert Morris |