2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

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.

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
2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson14–2 .87524–8  .750
Sacred Heart†12–4 .75019–14  .576
Merrimack*10–6 .62515–16  .484
St. Francis Brooklyn9–7 .56311–19  .367
Wagner8–8 .50013–15  .464
Saint Francis (PA)6–10 .3757–22  .241
Stonehill*5–11 .3139–20  .310
LIU5–11 .3137–22  .241
Central Connecticut3–13 .1887–22  .241
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2023 NEC tournament winner
As of March 17, 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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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):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference record
Nov 11Saint Francis (PA)No. 25 MichiganCrisler Center ● Ann Arbor, MI―L 36–910–1
Dec 10MerrimackNo. 5 Notre DamePurcell Pavilion ● Notre Dame, IN―L 44–1080–2

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. –0–00–00–00–00–00–00-00–0
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 0–0–0–00-00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. LIU 0–00–0–0-00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Merrimack 0–00–00–0–0-00–00–00–00–0
vs. Sacred Heart 0–00–00–00–0–0–00-00–00–0
vs. St. Francis Brooklyn 0–00–00–00–00–0–0-00–00–0
vs. Saint Francis (PA) 0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0-00–0
vs. Stonehill 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0-0
vs. Wagner 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

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.

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