| Year: | 2000 |
| Conference: | Northeast Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Sovereign Bank Arena |
| City: | Trenton, NJ |
| Champions: | Central Connecticut |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Howie Dickenman |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Rick Mickens |
| Mvpteam: | Central Connecticut |
The 2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Central Connecticut won the championship, its first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.
The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament consisted of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ.
Tournament MVP in bold.[1]
| 2000 NEC All-Tournament Team | ||||||
| Rick Mickens, CCSU Corsley Edwards, CCSU Gregory Harris, MSM Rahsaan Johnson, MU Gene Nabors, RMU John Tice, CCSU | ||||||