| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | Northeast Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| City: | Moon Township,PA |
| Champions: | Robert Morris |
| Titlecount: | 9th |
| Coach: | Andrew Toole |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Dante Treacy |
| Mvpteam: | RMU |
| Television: | NEC Front Row, ESPN3, ESPN2 |
The 2020 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2019–20 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 4–10, 2020.
The top eight postseason-eligible teams in the Northeast Conference will compete in the conference tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNQ | Merrimack | 14–4 | |||
| 1 | Robert Morris | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. Saint Francis (PA) | 1–1 vs. Merrimack | |
| 2 | Saint Francis (PA) | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. Robert Morris | 0–1 vs. Merrimack | |
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 12–6 | |||
| 4 | 9–9 | 2–0 vs Fairleigh Dickinson | |||
| 5 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 9–9 | 0–2 vs LIU | ||
| 6 | Mount St. Mary's | 7–11 | 3–1 vs. Bryant/St. Francis Brooklyn | ||
| 7 | Bryant | 7–11 | 2–2 vs. Mount St. Mary's/St. Francis Brooklyn | ||
| 8 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 7–11 | 1–3 vs. Mount St. Mary's/Bryant | ||
| DNQ | Wagner | 5–13 | |||
| DNQ | Central Connecticut | 3–15 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4 | |||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Robert Morris vs. No. 8 St. Francis Brooklyn | 59–58 | NEC Front Row | |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 4 LIU vs. No. 5 Fairleigh Dickinson | 73–72 | ||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Sacred Heart vs. No. 6 Mount St. Mary's | 61–59 | ||
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Saint Francis (PA) vs. No. 7 Bryant | 87–61 | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 7 | |||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 3 Sacred Heart vs No. 2 Saint Francis (PA) | 72–84 | ESPN3 | |
| 6 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Robert Morris vs No. 4 LIU | 86–66 | ||
| Final – Tuesday, March 10 | |||||
| 7 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Saint Francis (PA) vs No. 1 Robert Morris | 67–77 | 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.[5]
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Dante Treacy | Robert Morris | |
| Josh Williams | Robert Morris | |
| Keith Braxton | Saint Francis (PA) | |
| AJ Bramah | Robert Morris | |
| Isaiah Blackmon | Saint Francis (PA) |