2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Finals site	Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY
Champions	Fairleigh Dickinson (5th title)
Winning coach	Greg Herenda (1st title)
MVP	Earl Potts Jr. (FDU)
Attendance	9,258
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2015–16 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wagner	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Fairleigh Dickinson †	11	–	7		.611			18	–	15		.545
Sacred Heart	11	–	7		.611			12	–	18		.400
St. Francis Brooklyn	11	–	7		.611			15	–	17		.469
Mount St. Mary's	10	–	8		.556			14	–	19		.424
LIU Brooklyn	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
Saint Francis	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Robert Morris	8	–	10		.444			10	–	22		.313
Bryant	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
Central Connecticut	3	–	15		.167			4	–	25		.138
† 2016 NEC tournament winner

The 2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held from March 2–8, 2016. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with higher seed hosting all games. The winners of the tournament, Fairleigh Dickinson, will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. This is Fairleigh Dickinson's fifth Championship.

For the twelfth straight year, the NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.^[1]

Teams were seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an NEC policy.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Wagner‡	13–5
2	Fairleigh Dickinson	11–7	1–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 2–0 vs. LIU, 2–0 vs. SFU
3	Sacred Heart	11–7	1–1 vs. SFC, 1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. Wagner, 1–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. SFU
4	St. Francis Brooklyn	11–7	1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. SHU, 0–2 vs. Wagner
5	Mount St. Mary's	10–8
6	LIU Brooklyn	9–9	1–1 vs. SFU, 2–0 vs. Wagner
7	Saint Francis (PA)	9–9	1–1 vs. LIU, 1–1 vs. Wagner
8	Robert Morris	8–10

Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 2 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 NEC Front Row, MSG+, and FCS					Championship Tuesday, March 8 ESPN2
	1	Wagner	59
	8	Robert Morris	50
						1	Wagner	81
						6	LIU Brooklyn	65
	4	St. Francis Brooklyn	51
	5	Mount St. Mary's	60
											1	Wagner	79
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Fairleigh Dickinson	87
	2	Fairleigh Dickinson	74
	7	Saint Francis (PA)	72
						2	Fairleigh Dickinson	80
						5	Mount St. Mary's	75
	3	Sacred Heart	76
	6	LIU Brooklyn	84

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

Series History: Robert Morris leads 41–28

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Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 44–40

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Series History: LIU Brooklyn leads 20–11

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Series History: Mount St. Mary's leads 30–26

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Series History: Wagner leads 40–39

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Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 27–23

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Series History: Fairleigh Dickinson leads 41–37

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*All times EST

Tournament MVP in bold.^[3]

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Ht.	Hometown
Earl Potts Jr.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Guard	Sophomore	6-6	Severn, Maryland
Darian Anderson	Fairleigh Dickinson	Guard	Sophomore	6-1	Washington, D.C.
Michael Carey	Wagner	Guard/Forward	Junior	6-5	Nassau, Bahamas
Corey Henson	Wagner	Guard	Sophomore	6-3	Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Joel Hernandez	LIU Brooklyn	Guard	Junior	6-3	Teaneck, New Jersey