Robert Morris and the Northeast Conference Tournament Robert Morris holds league records for Northeast Conference Tournament titles and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearances with seven each. The Colonials own a record of 32-20 (.615) all-time in NEC Tournament games and have advanced to the tournament in each of the last nine years. A look at how RMU has fared in NEC Tournament play: 1982: Defeated Loyola (78-69), Baltimore (80-70) and Long Island (85-84) 1983: Defeated Loyola (81-60), St. Francis (Pa.) (106-94) and Long Island (79-67) 1984: Defeated Wagner (68-62), Fairleigh Dickinson (72-58), Lost to Long Island (87-81) 1985: Lost to Fairleigh Dickinson (65-49) 1986: Defeated Loyola (75-69), Lost to Marist (60-55) 1987: Lost to Wagner (82-72) 1988: Lost to St. Francis (N.Y.) (59-56) 1989: Defeated Long Island (63-52) and Fairleigh Dickinson (67-66) 1990: Defeated Fairleigh Dickinson (78-58) and Monmouth (71-66) 1991: Did Not Participate 1992: Defeated St. Francis (Pa.) (83-66), St. Francis (N.Y.) (70-68) and Marist (85-81) 1993: Lost to Long Island (80-77) 1994: Defeated Marist (71-52), Lost to Monmouth (76-61) 1995: Lost to Long Island (87-80) 1996: Defeated Fairleigh Dickinson (68-66), Lost to Marist (70-51) 1997: Lost to St. Francis (N.Y.) (62-59) 1998: Lost to Fairleigh Dickinson (89-73) 1999: Lost to Mount St. Mary’s (80-63) 2000: Defeated St. Francis (Pa.) (72-52), Mt. St. Mary’s (80-61), Lost to CCSU (63-46) 2001: Did Not Participate 2002: Lost to UMBC (85-76) 2003: Did Not Participate 2004: Defeated St. Francis (Pa.) (58-43), Lost to Monmouth (62-45) 2005: Lost to Wagner (69-65) 2006: Defeated Mount St. Mary’s (67-66), Lost @ Fairleigh Dickinson (71-55) 2007: Lost to Mount St. Mary’s (78-61) 2008: Defeated Monmouth (64-50), Lost to Mount St. Mary’s (83-65) 2009: Defeated St. Francis (N.Y.) (73-60), Quinnipiac (75-48) and Mount St. Mary’s (48-46) 2010: Defeated Central Conn. State (71-63), Mount St. Mary’s (80-62) and Quinnipiac (52-50) 2011: Defeated Wagner (78-74), Quinnipiac (64-62), Lost to Long Island (85-82 in overtime) 2012: Defeated Monmouth (87-68)
NEC Tournament Titles School 1. Robert Morris 2. Fairleigh Dickinson Monmouth 4. Central Connecticut State Mount St. Mary’s Long Island 7. Marist Rider 9. Saint Francis (Pa.) Wagner
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RMU Tournament Quick Hits Robert Morris owns an all-time record of 32-20 (.615) in the NEC Tournament, with the 32 wins the most in conference history ... Broken down, the Colonials own a record of 22-6 (.786) in tournament games played at home, including a record of 17-5 (.773) in games at the Charles L. Sewall Center, 5-7 (.417) in road games and a mark of 5-7 (.417) in neutral site contests ... The Colonials have qualified for the NEC Tournament 28 out of a possible 31 times, the most in league history ... Robert Morris has hosted the NEC Tournament championship game five times (1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009), with the Colonials a perfect 5-0 in those games ... RMU is 2-1 in NEC Tournament championship games on the road, with victories @ Long Island (1982) and @ Quinnipiac (2010) and its lone loss @ Long Island (2011) ... Robert Morris is the only current team in the Northeast Conference to have won backto-back league titles, having accomplished the feat three times (1982 and 1983, 1989 and 1990 and 2009 and 2010) ... Former members Marist (1986 and 1987) and Rider (1993 and 1994) also won back-to-back NEC titles ... The Colonials have advanced to the semifinals of the NEC Tournament 16 times in school history, the second most of any team in the league behind only Fairleigh Dickinson (17)
Robert Morris in the NEC Tournament BY ROUND First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals TOTAL
W-L 1-3 14-9 10-5 7-3 32-20
vs. OPPONENTS Baltimore Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island Loyola (Md.) Md.-Baltimore County Marist Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac Sacred Heart Saint Francis (Pa.) St. Francis (N.Y.) Wagner TOTAL
W-L 1-0 0-0 1-1 4-3 3-4 3-0 0-1 2-2 3-2 4-3 3-0 0-0 4-0 2-2 2-2 32-20
vs. OPPONENTS BY ROUND Opponent 1st Baltimore 0-0 Bryant 0-0 Central Conn. State 0-0 Fairleigh Dickinson 1-0 Long Island 0-2 Loyola (Md.) 0-0 UMBC 0-0 Marist 0-0 Monmouth 0-0 Mount St. Mary’s 0-0 Quinnipiac 0-0 Sacred Heart 0-0 Saint Francis (Pa.) 0-0 St. Francis (N.Y.) 0-1 0-0 Wagner TOTAL 1-3
Q 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 3-0 0-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-0 1-1 2-2 14-9
BY COACHES Matt Furjanic Mike Rice Andrew Toole Jarrett Durham Jim Boone Mark Schmidt TOTALS
W-L 8-1 (.889) 7-1 (.875) 3-1 (.750) 10-8 (.556) 2-4 (.333) 2-5 (.286) 32-20 (.615)
NCAA Tournament: 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2009, 2010 • NIT: 2008
S 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 10-5
F 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-3