2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |

| Year = 2012

| Conference = Northeast Conference

| Gender = Men's

| Image = 2012NECBasketballTournament.png

| ImageSize = 250px

| Caption = NEC Tournament Logo

| Teams = 8

| Arena = campus sites

| City =

| FinalArena = Steinberg Wellness Center

| FinalCity = Brooklyn, New York

| Champions = Long Island

| TitleCount = 4th

| Coach = Jim Ferry

| CoachCount = 2nd

| MVP = Julian Boyd

| MVPTeam = Long Island

| Attendance =

| OneTopScorer =

| TwoTopScorers =

| TopScorer =

| TopScorerTeam =

| TopScorer2 =

| TopScorer2Team =

| Points =

}}{{2011–12 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held between March 1 and 7.{{cite web|title=2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Schedule|url=http://northeastconference.org/sports/2012/1/23/mbb-tournamenthomepage12.aspx?id=118815|accessdate=February 14, 2012}} All games were held on the campus sites of the higher seed. LIU Brooklyn won the championship, its fourth, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was LIU's second NEC Tournament Championship in a row, having won it the previous year.

Format

The top 8 teams in the standings will qualify for the tournament.

The field will be re-seeded after the Quarterfinals so that the #1 seed will host the highest remaining seed, and #2 will host the lowest remaining seed. Bryant is in its final transition year and remains ineligible to participate in any post-season tournaments.

Bracket

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed.{{cite web|title=2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Bracket|url=http://www.northeastconference.org/documents/2012/1/31/bracket.pdf|accessdate=March 1, 2012}}

{{8TeamBracket-reseed

| RD1=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1

| RD2=Semifinals
Sunday, March 4
MSG

| RD3=Championship Game
Wednesday, March 7
ESPN2

| boldwinner=high

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Long Island

| RD1-score1=80

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2=Sacred Heart

| RD1-score2=68

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3=St. Francis (NY)

| RD1-score3=72

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4=Quinnipiac

| RD1-score4=80

| RD1-seed5=2

| RD1-team5=Wagner

| RD1-score5=87

| RD1-seed6=7

| RD1-team6={{cbb link|2011|team=Central Connecticut Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut}}

| RD1-score6=77

| RD1-seed7=3

| RD1-team7=Robert Morris

| RD1-score7=87

| RD1-seed8=6

| RD1-team8={{cbb link|2011|team=Monmouth Hawks|title=Monmouth}}

| RD1-score8=68

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Long Island

| RD2-score1=78

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-team2=Quinnipiac

| RD2-score2=75

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team3=Wagner

| RD2-score3=64

| RD2-seed4=3

| RD2-team4=Robert Morris

| RD2-score4=71

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Long Island

| RD3-score1=90

| RD3-seed2=3

| RD3-team2=Robert Morris

| RD3-score2=73

}}

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}}

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!Name

!School

! Pos.

! Year

! Ht.

! Hometown

Julian Boyd

| LIU Brooklyn

| Forward

| Junior

| 6-7