The 1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.
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
All-tournament team Tournament MVP in bold.
1996 NEC All-Tournament TeamCorey Albano, MU Mustafa Barksdale, MU Danny Basile, MAR Deon Hames, RID Riley Inge, MSM Charles Smith, RID
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