2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	NEC Front Row, ESPN2, MSG, FCS, Regional Sports Networks
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
First place	Sacred Heart
Runners-up	Bryant
Season MVP	Hannah Kimmel, Sacred Heart
NEC Tournament
Champions	Robert Morris
NEC Tournament MVP	Anna Niki Stamolamprou, RMU

2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Sacred Heart	16	–	2	.889	20	–	13	.606
Bryant	14	–	4	.778	18	–	13	.581
Robert Morris †	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
St. Francis (PA)	11	–	7	.611	15	–	17	.469
Central Connecticut	9	–	9	.500	12	–	18	.400
Fairleigh Dickinson	8	–	10	.444	11	–	21	.344
LIU Brooklyn	7	–	11	.389	9	–	21	.300
Mount St. Mary's	7	–	11	.389	9	–	21	.300
St. Francis Brooklyn	4	–	14	.222	7	–	22	.241
Wagner	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172


† 2016 NEC Tournament winner As of March 19, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

Preseason

Rankings

	NEC Coaches Poll^[1]
1.	Robert Morris (7)
2.	Bryant (2)
3.	Central Connecticut (1)
4.	Fairleigh Dickinson
5.	Sacred Heart
6.	Wagner
7.	Mount St. Mary's
8.	Saint Francis (PA)
9.	St. Francis Brooklyn
10.	LIU Brooklyn

() first place votes

All-NEC team

Coaches Poll^[2]
Hannah Kimmel Sacred Heart Erika Livermore Fairleigh Dickinson Jasmine Nwajei Wagner Breanna Rucker Bryant Anna Niki Robert Morris

Head Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. All numbers are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous school	Seasons at school	Overall record	NEC record	NCAA Tournaments
Bryant	Mary Burke	Bryant	24	50.07 !345–344	56.06 !74–58	4 (Division II)
Central Connecticut	Beryl Piper	Central Connecticut	8	46.6 !112–128		0
Fairleigh Dickinson	Peter Cinella	American International College	8	35.2 !84–154	37.2 !54–91	0
LIU Brooklyn	Stephanie Oliver	Seton Hall	0	0–0	0–0	0
Mount St. Mary's	Bryan Whitten	Virginia Commonwealth	8	39.8 !96–145	44.4 !64–80	0
Robert Morris	Sal Buscaglia	Manhattan	12			6
Sacred Heart	Jessica Mannetti	Hofstra	2	47.4 !28–31	55.5 !20–16	0
St. Francis Brooklyn	John Thurston	Fordham	3	52.8 !45–49	50.0 !27–27	1
Saint Francis (PA)	Joe Haigh	Saint Francis (PA)	3	40.4 !38–56	48.1 !26–28	0
Wagner	Lisa Cermignano	Illinois	3	20.6 !18–69	27.7 !15–39	0

Postseason

NEC Tournament

Main article: 2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

March 6–13, 2016 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 6 NEC Front Row			Semifinals Saturday, March 9 NEC Front Row			Championship Tuesday, March 13 ESPNU

1	Sacred Heart	66
8	Mount St. Mary's	47
			1	Sacred Heart	92

			4	Saint Francis (PA)	71
4	Saint Francis (PA)	83

5	Central Connecticut	77
						1	Sacred Heart	51
						3	Robert Morris	56
2	Bryant	70
7	LIU Brooklyn	56
			2	Bryant	59

			3	Robert Morris	72
3	Robert Morris	68

6	Fairleigh Dickinson	59

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
16	Bridgeport Regional	Robert Morris	L, 49–101 vs. #16 Connecticut

National Invitational Tournament

Main article: 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
		Sacred Heart	L, 59–95 vs. Drake

Honors and Awards

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 NEC Women's Basketball Individual Awards^[3]
Player of the Year	Hannah Kimmel, SHU
Coach of the Year	Jessica Mannetti, SHU
Defensive Player of the Year	Leah Fechko, SFBK
Rookie of the Year	Jessica Kovatch, SFU
Most Improved Player of the Year	Alissa Tarsi, SHU

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2016 NEC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Hannah Kimmel, Jr., F., SHU Erika Livermore, Sr., C., FDU Jasmine Nwajei, Jr., G., WC Breanna Rucker, Sr., F., BRYANT Leah Fechko, Sr., G., SFBK	Ivory Bailey, So., G., BRY Kelsey Cruz, Sr., G., FDU Jessica Kovatch, Fr., G., SFU Anna Nicki Stamolamprou, Jr., G., RMU Alissa Tarsi, Sr., F., SHU	Alexis Carter, Jr., G., MSM Shanovia Dove, Jr., G., LIU Camden Musgrave, So., G., CCSU Shanice Vaughn, Sr., G., LIU Tiersa Winder, Sr., G., BRY	Madelynn Comly, Fr., G., FDU Jessica Kovatch, Fr., G., SFU Maria Palarino, Fr., F., SFBK Kierra Palmer, Fr., G., BRY Kiana Patterson, Fr., G., CCSU
† - denotes unanimous selection

References

↑ "Robert Morris Tops #NECWBB Preseason Poll for Third Straight Year". http://northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "MDynamic Scorers, Stalwart Defenders Headline Preseason All-NEC Women's Hoops Team". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ "#NECWBB Regular Season Champion Sacred Heart Secures Three Major Awards; Second-place Bryant Lands Most All-League Honors". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

External links

NEC website

Northeast Conference women's basketball

Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks

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 1999–00 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

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