2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	NEC Front Row, ESPN2, MSG, FCS, Regional Sports Networks
WNBA Draft
Regular season
NEC tournament
Northeast Conference women's basketball seasons
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2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson	14	–	2	.875	24	–	8	.750
Sacred Heart†	12	–	4	.750	19	–	14	.576
Merrimack*	10	–	6	.625	15	–	16	.484
St. Francis Brooklyn	9	–	7	.563	11	–	19	.367
Wagner	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
Saint Francis (PA)	6	–	10	.375	7	–	22	.241
Stonehill*	5	–	11	.313	9	–	20	.310
LIU	5	–	11	.313	7	–	22	.241
Central Connecticut	3	–	13	.188	7	–	22	.241
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2023 NEC tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

The 2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play will start in January and end in March 2023.

The NEC tournament will be held in March with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.

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Changes from last season

Stonehill College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference. They are not eligible for the NEC tournament until the 2026–27 season when their four-year reclassification period ends.^[1]

Bryant left the conference and joined the America East Conference.^[2]

Mount St. Mary's left the conference and joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).^[3]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous position	Year at school	Overall record	NEC record	NEC tournament championships
Central Connecticut	Kerri Reaves	Central Connecticut (assistant)	3rd	8–30	7–24	0
Fairleigh Dickinson	Angelika Szumilo	Fordham (assistant)	4th	48–37	36–18	0
LIU	Rene Haynes	Duke (assistant)	4th	24–51	23–31
Merrimack	Kelly Morrone	John Carroll	4th	33–36	25–26
Sacred Heart	Jessica Mannetti	Hofstra	10th	127–133	95–65
St. Francis Brooklyn	Linda Cimino	Binghamton	5th	47–54	33–33
Saint Francis (PA)	Keila Whittington	Marist (assistant)	4th	33–50	29–23
Stonehill	Trisha Brown	Harvard (assistant)	22nd	403–185	0–0	0
Wagner	Terrell Coburn	Wagner (assistant)	2nd	17–12	10–8

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2022–23 season.
Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

Sources:

Rank	Team
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() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

Sources:

Recipient	School

NEC regular season

Records against other conferences

2022–23 records against non-conference foes as of (November 28, 2022):

Regular season

Power 7 Conferences	Record
American	0–0
ACC	0–1
Big East	0–6
Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 7 Conferences Total	0–9

Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences	Record
America East	0–6
A-10	1–4
ASUN	0–1
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–2
CAA	1–2
C-USA	0–1
Horizon	0–3
Independent	3–0
Ivy League	1–5
MAAC	2–5
MAC	1–1
MEAC	2–1
MVC	1–0
Mountain West	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot League	2–3
SoCon	0–0
Southland	0–0
SWAC	0–0
Summit League	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I Total	14–34
Division II Total	0–0
Division III Total	1–0
NCAA Division I Total	14–43

Post Season

Power 7 Conferences	Record
American	0–0
ACC	0–0
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 7 Conferences Total	0–0

Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences	Record
America East	0–0
A-10	0–0
ASUN	0–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Horizon	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
MAAC	0–0
MAC	0–0
MEAC	0–0
MVC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot League	0–0
SoCon	0–0
Southland	0–0
SWAC	0–0
Summit League	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I Total	0–0
NCAA Division I Total	0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov 11	Saint Francis (PA)	No. 25 Michigan	Crisler Center ● Ann Arbor, MI	—	L 36–91	0–1
Dec 10	Merrimack	No. 5 Notre Dame	Purcell Pavilion ● Notre Dame, IN	―	L 44–108	0–2

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	CCSU	FDU	LIU	Merrimack	Sacred Heart	SFBK	SFU	Stonehill	Wagner
vs. Central Conn.	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0-0	0–0
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	0–0	–	0–0	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. LIU	0–0	0–0	–	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Merrimack	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Sacred Heart	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0-0	0–0	0–0
vs. St. Francis Brooklyn	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0-0	0–0	0–0
vs. Saint Francis (PA)	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0-0	0–0
vs. Stonehill	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0-0
vs. Wagner	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named two (Player and Freshman) players of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the Week	School	Ref.	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov. 14	Alyssa Fisher	St. Francis Brooklyn	^[4]	Ella Fajardo Ny’Ceara Pryor	Fairleigh Dickinson Sacred Heart	^[4]
Nov. 21	Chloe Wilson	Fairleigh Dickinson	^[5]	Ny’Ceara Pryor (2)	Sacred Heart	^[5]
Nov. 28	Chloe Wilson (2)	Fairleigh Dickinson	^[6]	Ny’Ceara Pryor (3)	Sacred Heart	^[6]
Dec 5.
Dec 12.
Dec 19.
Dec 26.
Jan. 2
Jan 9.
Jan 16.
Jan 23.
Jan. 30
Feb. 6
Feb. 13
Feb. 20
Feb. 28

School	PoW	FoW	Total
Fairleigh Dickinson	2	1	3
Sacred Heart	―	3	3
St. Francis Brooklyn	1	―	1

All-NEC honors and awards

At the conclusion of the regular season, the conference selects outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches, below are the results.

Honor	Recipient
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year
All-NEC First Team
All-NEC Second Team
All-NEC Third Team
All-NEC Rookie Team

Postseason

NEC tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	1st round	2nd round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship

References

^ "Stonehill Announces Transition to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 Academic Year". Stonehill Skyhawks Athletics. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
^ "Statement From NEC Commissioner Noreen Morris Regarding Bryant University". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
^ "MAAC Welcomes Mount St. Mary's University as Newest Member Institution". MAACSports.com. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Release (11/14)". northeastconference.org. November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Release (11/21)". northeastconference.org. November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Release (11/28)". northeastconference.org. November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

External links

NEC website

v t e Northeast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Le Moyne Dolphins LIU Sharks Merrimack Warriors (leaving in 2024) Sacred Heart Pioneers (leaving in 2024) Saint Francis Red Flash Stonehill Skyhawks Wagner Seahawks
Future teams	Chicago State Cougars Mercyhurst Lakers (both joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball conference season
AAC ACC America East ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C–USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MAC MEAC Mountain West MVC Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast

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