1994 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament

| Year = 1994

| Conference = Northeast Conference

| Gender = Men's

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| Teams = 10

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| FinalArena = Alumni Gymnasium

| FinalCity = Lawrenceville, NJ

| Champions = Rider

| TitleCount = 2nd

| Coach = Kevin Bannon

| CoachCount = 2nd

| MVP = Charles Smith

| MVPTeam = RU

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The 1994 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was played February 28–March 3, 1994. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Rider won the championship, their second consecutive, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament.

{{1993–94 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings}}

Format

The NEC Men's Basketball Tournament consisted of a ten-team playoff format with all games played at the venue of the higher seed. The first round was played by the four lowest seeds (7–10) and the other teams received a bye.

Bracket

{{10TeamBracket

| RD1 =First round
Monday, February 28, 1994

| RD2 =Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 1, 1994

| RD3 =Semifinals
Wednesday, March 2, 1994

| RD4 =Championship Game
Thursday, March 3, 1994

| boldwinner=high

| RD1-seed1 =8

| RD1-team1 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Saint Francis Red Flash|title=Saint Francis (PA)}}

| RD1-score1 =103

| RD1-seed2 =9

| RD1-team2 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Long Island Blackbirds|title=Long Island}}

| RD1-score2 =79

| RD1-seed3 =7

| RD1-team3 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers|title=Mount St. Mary's}}

| RD1-score3 =90

| RD1-seed4 =10

| RD1-team4 =St. Francis Brooklyn

| RD1-score4 =81

| RD2-seed1 =1

| RD2-team1 =Rider

| RD2-score1 =74

| RD2-seed2 =8

| RD2-team2 =Saint Francis (PA)

| RD2-score2 =60

| RD2-seed3 =4

| RD2-team3 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Wagner Seahawks|title=Wagner}}

| RD2-score3 =90

| RD2-seed4 =5

| RD2-team4 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Fairleigh Dickinson Knights|title=Fairleigh Dickinson}}

| RD2-score4 =81

| RD2-seed7 =3

| RD2-team7 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Robert Morris Colonials|title=Robert Morris}}

| RD2-score7 =71

| RD2-seed8 =6

| RD2-team8 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Marist Red Foxes|title=Marist}}

| RD2-score8 =52

| RD2-seed5 =2

| RD2-team5 ={{cbb link|year=1993|team=Monmouth Hawks|title=Monmouth}}

| RD2-score5 =88

| RD2-seed6 =10

| RD2-team6 =Mount St. Mary's

| RD2-score6 =77OT

| RD3-seed1 =1

| RD3-team1 =Rider

| RD3-score1 =83

| RD3-seed2 =4

| RD3-team2 =Wagner

| RD3-score2 =75

| RD3-seed3 =2

| RD3-team3 =Monmouth

| RD3-score3 =76

| RD3-seed4 =3

| RD3-team4 =Robert Morris

| RD3-score4 =61

| RD4-seed1 =1

| RD4-team1 =Rider

| RD4-score1 =62

| RD4-seed2 =2

| RD4-team2 =Monmouth

| RD4-score2 =56

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All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.{{cite web|title=NEC men's basketball record book|url=http://northeastconference.org/documents/2014/7/9/NEC_MBB_Recordbook_1415.pdf|publisher=NortheastConference.org|accessdate=29 October 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 1994 NEC All-Tournament Team
Charles Smith, RU

Tim Pennix, RU

Glenn Stokes, MU

Bobby Hopson, WC

Deon Hames, RU

John Giraldo, MU

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