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
NEC Tournament

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	–	13		.606
Saint 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.	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
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		24	345–344	74–58	4 (Division II)
Central Connecticut	Beryl Piper		8			0
Fairleigh Dickinson	Peter Cinella		8			0
LIU Brooklyn	Stephanie Oliver		0			0
Mount St. Mary's	Bryan Whitten		8			0
Robert Morris	Sal Buscaglia		12			0
Sacred Heart	Jessica Mannetti		2			0
St. Francis Brooklyn	John Thurston		3	45–49	27–27	1
Saint Francis (PA)	Joe Haigh		3			0
Wagner	Lisa Cermignano	Illinois	3	18–69	15–39	0

NEC Regular Season

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	Bryant	Central Conn.	Fairleigh Dickinson	LIU Br'klyn	Mount St. Mary's	Robert Morris	Sacred Heart	St. Francis Br'klyn	Saint Francis (PA)	Wagner
vs. Bryant	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Central Conn.	0–0	–	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	0–0
vs. LIU Br'klyn	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Mount St. Mary's	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Robert Morris	0–0	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	0–0
vs. St. Francis Br'klyn	0–0	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	–	0–0
vs. Wagner	0–0	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	0–0

Postseason

NEC Tournament

Main article: 2016 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

• March 2–8, 2016 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 2 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Saturday, March 5 NEC Front Row					Championship Tuesday, March 8 ESPN or ESPN2
	1
	8
	4
	5
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
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	2
	7
	3
	6

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	First Four	2nd Round	3rd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship

Honors and Awards

2016 NEC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year

2016 NEC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
† - denotes unanimous selection

External links

• NEC website