2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
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
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.

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

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() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

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Recipient School

NEC regular season

Records against other conferences

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

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.

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

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship

See also

References

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