2023–24 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)CBSSN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SNY, YES, ESPN+, NEC Front Row
NBA Draft
Regular season
NEC tournament
2023–24 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Central Connecticut3–0 1.0009–7  .563
Merrimack3–1 .7509–9  .500
Sacred Heart3–1 .7509–10  .474
Wagner2–1 .6678–7  .533
LIU2–1 .6673–12  .200
Fairleigh Dickinson2–2 .5008–11  .421
Le Moyne*1–2 .3336–11  .353
Saint Francis0–4 .0005–12  .294
Stonehill*0–4 .0002–17  .105
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2024 NEC tournament winner
As of January 15, 2024

The 2023–24 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 6. Conference play will start in early January and end in early March 2024. This is the 43rd season of Northeast Conference men's basketball. Merrimack is the defending regular-season and conference tournament champion. Due to Merrimack's ineligibility as a team transitioning from Division II, Fairleigh Dickinson represented the conference in the 2023 NCAA tournament and advanced to the second round.

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

This is the final season for two NEC members. Merrimack and Sacred Heart will leave the conference after the 2023–24 school year to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.[1] At the same time, Chicago State will join the NEC after two seasons as a Division I independent.[2]

Offseason

At the conclusion of the previous season, St. Francis Brooklyn, a charter member of the NEC, discontinued its entire athletic program.[3]

On March 21, 2023, Fairleigh Dickinson head coach Tobin Anderson was named the head coach at Iona, replacing Rick Pitino who had departed for the head coaching position at St. John's.[4][5][6] Anderson's assistant, Jack Castleberry, was immediately promoted to Fairleigh Dickinson's head coaching position.[7][8]

Le Moyne College joined the Northeast Conference from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference effective July 1, 2023. Le Moyne is not eligible for the NCAA tournament until the 2027–28 season, when its four-year reclassification period ends.[9][10][11]

Effective for the 2023–24 academic year, NEC teams transitioning from Division II are eligible for the NEC tournament during the entirety of their transition periods. If a reclassifying institution wins the NEC tournament championship, the tournament runner-up will be awarded the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. If two reclassifying teams reach the final of the NEC tournament, the conference will stage an automatic qualifier game between the two non-advancing semifinalists.[12] The rule change results in Stonehill and Le Moyne being eligible for the 2024 NEC tournament, since Stonehill is in its second transition year, and Le Moyne is in its first.

Head coaches

Team Head coach Previous position Year at school Overall record NEC record NEC tournament championships
Central Connecticut Patrick Sellers Fairfield
(asst.)		 3 18–46 12–22 0
Fairleigh Dickinson Jack Castleberry Fairleigh Dickinson
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0
Le Moyne Nate Champion Florida Southern
(asst.)		 4[lower-alpha 1] 46–39 0–0 0
LIU Rod Strickland NBA G League Ignite
(program director)		 2 3–26 1–15 0
Merrimack Joe Gallo Robert Morris
(asst.)		 8 122–86 45–25 1
Sacred Heart Anthony Latina Sacred Heart
(asst.)		 11 125–177 81–93 0
Saint Francis Rob Krimmel Saint Francis (asst.) 12 147–188 97–97 0
Stonehill Chris Kraus Stonehill
(asst.)		 11 144–116 10–6 0
Wagner Donald Copeland Seton Hall
(asst.)		 2 15–13 8–8 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
  • Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2023–24 season.
  • Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

  1. ↑ Le Moyne did not play during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is Champion's fifth year as the team's head coach but only his fourth season.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The table below shows the preseason rankings of NEC teams based on a poll of the conference's coaches[13] as well as each team's preseason Pomeroy ranking among the 362 Division I teams.[14]

Rank Team Pomeroy
Rank
1 Sacred Heart (7) 286
2 Central Connecticut (1) 316
3 Fairleigh Dickinson (1) 310
4 Merrimack 331
5 Wagner 295
6 Stonehill 346
7 LIU 354
8 Saint Francis 358
9 Le Moyne 361

() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

Source: [15]

Player School
Ansley Almonor (Junior, Forward) Fairleigh Dickinson
Kellen Amos (Senior, Forward) Central Connecticut
Nico Galette (Senior, Guard) Sacred Heart
Joey Reilly (Graduate, Guard) Sacred Heart
Max Zegarowski (Graduate, Forward) Stonehill

Regular season

Early season multi-team events

Source: [16]

Team Event Host Record
Central Connecticut None – –
Fairleigh Dickinson Urban-Bennett Memorial Classic Robert Morris 0–2
Le Moyne Golden State Hoops Jam Pacific 1–1
LIU Northern Kentucky Thanksgiving Tournament Northern Kentucky 1–1
Merrimack Samford Multi-Team Event Samford 1–2
Sacred Heart UMBC Multi-Team Event UMBC 1–1
Saint Francis None – –
Stonehill Wildcat Challenge Kentucky 0–3
Wagner None – –

Pre-conference season notes

On November 6, 2023, the season's opening night, Fairleigh Dickinson returned to action following their historic upset and run in the 2023 NCAA tournament in the head coaching debut of Jack Castleberry. Jo'el Emanuel recorded his first career double-double, which included career highs of 24 points and 11 rebounds, to lead the Knights to a 92–86 road win at Buffalo.[17][18]

The following night, Le Moyne made its debut as an NEC member and a Division I program. Darrick Jones Jr. hit a three-pointer from the top of the key early in the game at Georgetown for the Dolphins' first points scored as a Division I program. Ball State transfer Kaiyem Cleary led Le Moyne with 11 points, all in the second half, and seven rebounds, but it was not enough as the Dolphins fell to the Hoyas, 94–57.[18][19][20]

Max Zegarowski matched his career high with six three-pointers and scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Stonehill to a 57–44 victory over Army West Point in the Skyhawks' home opener on November 9.[18][21]

Le Moyne used first-half runs of 16–2 and 20–2 to build a 47–15 lead and never looked back on their way to a 105–46 victory, their first as a Division I program, over Division III SUNY Canton in their home opener on November 13. Five Dolphins had double-figure scoring games led by Kaiyem Cleary with 21 points, Nate McClure with 16, Darrick Jones Jr. with 13 and freshman AJ Dancler with 12. Redshirt freshman Nate Fouts made his collegiate debut and scored 11 points with three assists and two blocked shots. Cleary shot 8-for-10 from the field, while adding seven rebounds and two steals in just 16 minutes. McClure hit six of his seven shots, including 4-for-5 shooting from three-point range. Dancler grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists. The Dolphins shot 32-for-37 on two-point field goals for the game, including 15-for-16 in the first half.[22][23]

In a November 15 game dubbed the Battle of the Bracket Busters, Fairleigh Dickinson hosted Saint Peter's, a team which made an unexpected run of its own to the Elite Eight at the 2022 NCAA tournament, upsetting both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in their region along the way. The matchup between the North Jersey neighbors was the first to be broadcast on YES as part of the Knights' new local television contract. Fairleigh Dickinson shot 7-for-13 on three-pointers in the first half and built a 43–34 lead at the break. The Peacocks used a 9–0 run to cut the Knights' lead from 13 down to four with 2:39 to play. Nursing a two-point lead in the final minute, Fairleigh Dickinson failed to score, and a three-pointer by Michael Houge gave Saint Peter's a 70–69 lead with nine seconds on the clock. Knights head coach Jack Castleberry elected not to call time-out. DeVante Jamison, who finished with 11 points, five assists and three steals, took the ensuing inbounds pass, dribbled up the floor and was fouled in the act of shooting with 2.3 seconds remaining. Jamison hit both free throws, and the Knights held on for a 71–70 victory. Ansley Almonor led Fairleigh Dickinson with a game-high 21 points, and Jo'el Emanuel scored 16 on 6-for-7 shooting from the field.[24][25]

Nico Galette came off the bench to score 21 points, including the 1,000th of his career, on 9-for-11 shooting and pull down six rebounds to lead Sacred Heart to an 89–75 home win over Binghamton on November 21. Tanner Thomas added 16 points and six rebounds for the Pioneers.[26][27]

Later that evening, Le Moyne recorded its first victory over a Division I opponent as a Division I program, an 80–70 win at Cal State Northridge in the Dolphins' opening game of the Golden State Hoops Jam, a multi-team event sponsored by Pacific. Luke Sutherland led the Dolphins with 24 points and five rebounds. Le Moyne started five graduate students for the first time in the program's history, and they responded by sprinting to an 11–4 lead to start the game, getting early scoring from Sutherland, Nate McClure (12 points, four rebounds and three steals for the game) and Isaiah Salter. After Le Moyne fell behind, 15–12, Mike DePersia (eight points, nine assists, four rebounds and three steals for the game) sparked a 19–2 run with a pull-up jump shot. The Matadors got no closer than three points behind the rest of the way. The Dolphins closed out the game with strong free-throw shooting, finishing the game 31-for-34 from the charity stripe.[27][28][29]

Saint Francis used an 8–0 run to close out its 62–61 win at Lehigh and give head coach Rob Krimmel his 150th career victory on November 29. Trailing, 61–54, with under two minutes remaining, the Red Flash defense forced two turnovers and three missed shots to shut out the Mountain Hawks the rest of the way. Saint Francis was also helped by two missed free throws by Lehigh. Cam Gregory was fouled in the act of shooting a three-pointer with 10.2 seconds remaining and hit all three free throws to erase Lehigh's two-point lead and provide the winning margin. The Red Flash were led by freshmen Aaron "Ace" Talbert (12 points in 32 minutes off the bench) and Aidan Harris, who secured 15 boards, including the rebound on Lehigh's attempted game-winner in the closing seconds.[30][31]

That same evening, Central Connecticut registered the largest margin of victory by an NEC team in a road game in nearly two years, when they won, 79–51, at Army West Point. Kellen Amos led the Blue Devils with 17 points and added three blocked shots. Jordan Jones scored 15 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the floor, and added five rebounds and three steals for Central Connecticut.[31][32]

On December 2, Fairleigh Dickinson, Saint Francis and Wagner all overcame double-digit deficits to record road victories. Joe Munden Jr. scored 19 points and had three steals to help Fairleigh Dickinson overcome NJIT's 12-point lead and earn a 71–68 victory. DeVante Jamison added 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting, and Jo'el Emanuel had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Knights.[31][33]

Bobby Rosenberger III had 19 points and three steals to help Saint Francis erase a 20-point lead, which was still at 14 points with less than eight minutes to play, and defeat American, 75–73. Cam Gregory scored 14 points and added three steals for the Red Flash.[31][34]

Wagner got 13 points each from Melvin Council Jr. and Javier Esqueera and overcame a 16-point Stony Brook lead to earn a 60–59 victory. The Seahawks used a 10–0 run in the early stages of the second half to cut the Seawolves' lead to 43–42 and took their first lead of the game at 48–47, when Council scored with 8:55 to play. Stony Brook regained the lead at 59–58, but two free throws by Tyje Kelton with 1:19 remaining put Wagner back on top. Neither team scored the rest of the way.[31][35][36]

Wagner made two defensive stands in the closing minute to secure a 62–59 victory at Coppin State on November 6. Leading by one point, the Seahawks forced the Eagles into an off-balance shot with 25 seconds remaining. A layup by Zaire Williams, who finished with a game-high 21 points, extended the Wagner lead to three with 12 seconds to play. Melvin Council Jr. (13 points) and Keyontae Lewis (11 points) then crowded Camaren Sparrow at the three-point line on Coppin State's final possession and forced an air ball.[37][38]

DeVante Jamison's driving layup with 1:16 to go gave Fairleigh Dickinson a 72–69 lead at Manhattan on November 8. The Knights hit their free throws down the stretch to secure a 76–71 victory in a game the Jaspers led by 12 points with 8:39 to play. Ansley Almonor led the Knights with 24 points and added eight rebounds. Jamison finished with 12 points, eight assists and three steals.[38][39][40]

Luke Sutherland scored an NEC season-high 35 points in the inaugural Battle of the Interstate at Binghamton, but it was not enough as Le Moyne fell, 91–79. Sutherland was 12-for-17 from the field, including 5-for-7 from beyond the arc, and hit all six of his free throws. His 35 points were the most by a Le Moyne player since the Dolphins' current head coach, Nate Champion, scored 35 in a November 2013 game that went to overtime. Sutherland also had three rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots. The Bearcats were presented a newly-minted trophy to commemorate their victory in front of Binghamton's largest home crowd in nearly two years.[38][41][42][43]

Le Moyne hosted a Division I opponent for the first time since an 88–75 loss to Siena in 1991, and for the first time since becoming a Division I program on December 16, when they faced Dartmouth. With the Big Green leading, 8–7, the Dolphins went on a 15–6 run to open an eight-point lead with nine minutes to go in the first half. Kaiyem Cleary had the first eight of the 15 points, and Luke Sutherland scored the final seven during the run. A Trent Mosquera three-pointer stretched Le Moyne's lead to nine points at 32–23 with 4:15 left in the half. However, Dartmouth closed the half with a 13–4 run that tied the score at 36 at the break. The game remained tight in the opening stages of the second half, but the Dolphins closed the game with a 32–9 run over the final 13:12, which included a stretch of 15 straight points scored by Le Moyne. Sutherland had 11 of the 15 points, including three three-pointers and a layup. The Dolphins held the Big Green scoreless over the final 2:51 to secure an 80–54 victory, their first win over an Ivy League opponent. Sutherland finished the game with 24 points, while shooting 10-for-15 from the field and 4-for-8 from behind the arc, and added four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block. Cleary contributed 19 points, shooting 4-for-6 from the floor and 3-for-4 from three-point range, while collecting six rebounds. Nate McClure had 12 rebounds for the Dolphins.[44][45]

Later that day, Central Connecticut snapped Division I's second longest home winning streak at 20 games, when they won, 57–54, at UMass Lowell. Following a timeout with 6.2 seconds remaining in a tie game, Joe Ostrowsky found Jordan Jones, who had been freed up by a Tre Breland III screen, in the corner, and Jones buried a three-pointer with three seconds to go to give the Blue Devils a 57–54 lead. The River Hawks' three-point attempt at the buzzer was unsuccessful. Jones shot 7-for-14 to earn a game-high 15 points and added five rebounds. Breland scored 11 points off the bench and shot 3-for-4 from three-point range.[46][47]

Conference season notes

LIU, picked 7th in the pre-season coaches' poll and entering league play on a seven-game losing streak, shocked the NEC by winning their first two games of the conference season. On January 4, the Sharks dominated the first half against Wagner and had a 17-point lead at the break. LIU extended the bulge to 26 points with under 13 minutes to play, but the Seahawks suddenly responded with a 33–6 run over the next 10 minutes and took a 67–66 lead on Javier Ezquerra's jump shot with 2:16 remaining. Tai Strickland, who finished with 23 points and three steals, hit a three-pointer with 1:13 showing on the clock to put the Sharks back in front. Neither team was able to score the rest of the way, and LIU held on for a 69–67 home victory. Eric Acker had 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Sharks. Tahron Allen had 16 points for Wagner, while Melvin Council Jr. added 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Esquerra had 13 points, nine assists and two steals.[48][49]

Two days later, behind Eric Acker's 23 points and Tai Strickland's three key layups in heavy traffic on the closing three and one-half minutes, LIU earned a 73–68 win at Stonehill. Strickland finished with 20 points, five rebounds and three steals. Max Zegarowski had 18 points and two steals for the Skyhawks.[49][50]

Merrimack opened the conference slate with a pair of home victories over teams that are expected to contend. Jordan Derkack's 21 points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals led the Warriors to a 60–56 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on January 4. Merrimack's defense limited the Knights to 32.8% shooting and only three points in the closing 4:52. Ansley Almonor led the Knights with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Sean Moore added 14 points, 10 rebounds and two steals.[49][51]

Merrimack's defense was just as tight two days later, limiting Sacred Heart to 2-for-18 shooting from three-point range, while hitting 13 triples of their own on 52% shooting from beyond the arc and ran away with an 82–58 victory. Jordan Derkack had 27 points and seven rebounds, and Devon Savage added 18 points on six 3-pointers and four steals. Nico Galette had 22 points, eight rebounds and two steals for the Pioneers.[49][52]

Central Connecticut opened their conference season on the road at Stonehill on January 4, with a 74–59 win. The Blue Devils used hot 53.6% shooting in the second half to outscore the Skyhawks, 44–30, and break open what was a close game at the break. Allan Jeanne-Rose led Central Connecticut with 22 points and added eight rebounds, while Kellen Amos contributed 20 points on 8-for-14 shooting and added three steals. Chas Stinson had 17 points, eight rebounds and two steals for Stonehill.[49][53]

Le Moyne played its inaugural NEC game on January 6, at Fairleigh Dickinson. Down by 10 points with less than 12 minutes to play, the Dolphins went on an 18–0 run, sparked by freshman AJ Dancler, who scored eight of his 10 bench points during the run. Kaiyem Cleary had 23 points and eight rebounds for Le Moyne. Sean Moore led the Knights with 20 points and 12 rebounds.[49][54]

Central Connecticut emerged from its January 15 showdown with Merrimack the only NEC team unbeaten in league play by earning a 75–70 home victory over the Warriors. The Blue Devils closed the first half strong and held an eight-point lead at the break. Central Connecticut extended the lead to 18 points with just over 10 minutes to play, when Merrimack embarked on a 15–3 run that cut the lead to six. Two key baskets by Kellen Amos, who finished with 12 points, in the later stages of the second half kept the Blue Devils afloat. However, Jordan Derkack, who finished with 16 points, scored seven straight points for the Warriors. After Merrimack's full-court press forced a turnover that led to a layup by Adam "Budd" Clark, the lead was only three points with 18 seconds to go. Allan Jeanne-Rose, who had a game-high 24 points and pulled down eight rebounds for the Blue Devils, sank four free throws in the closing seconds to secure the victory for Central Connecticut. Jayden Brown contributed 15 points for the Blue Devils. Adam Clark added 15 points and eight assists for Merrimack.[55][56]

Rankings

The table below shows the rankings of NEC teams among the 362 Division I teams throughout the season. The preseason ranking is the Pomeroy rating. The remaining weekly rankings are the NET rankings reported by the NCAA beginning with the initial release at the start of week 5.

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
 Pre[14]Wk 5[57]Wk 6[58]Wk 7[59]Wk 8[60]Wk 9[61]Wk 10[62]Wk 11[63]Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Wk 19Final
Central Connecticut 316 261 278 242 237 242 231 224
Fairleigh Dickinson 310 300 287 297 319 319 319 323
Le Moyne 361 293 329 310 307 305 299 308
LIU 354 316 340 333 347 349 339 347
Merrimack 331 162 185 197 178 201 201 195
Sacred Heart 286 263 319 305 298 298 304 290
Saint Francis 358 340 331 343 341 335 338 341
Stonehill 346 349 358 354 354 345 352 353
Wagner 295 284 320 324 322 291 297 292

Weekly conference awards

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference names player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.

Record against other conferences

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference regular-season play. The home team's score is shown in boldface type. Future home games are in italics.

  CCSU FDU Le Moyne LIU Merrimack Sacred Heart SFU Stonehill Wagner
vs. Central Connecticut –Jan 25
Feb 10		Jan 19
Feb 15		Jan 21
Feb 29		70–75
Feb 3		Feb 8
Feb 24		61–75
Feb 1		59–74
Mar 2		Jan 27
Feb 22
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Jan 25
Feb 10		–74–63
Feb 24		Feb 1
Feb 15		60–56
Feb 29		Jan 27
Feb 22		71–81
Feb 17		74–81OT
Jan 19		Feb 8
Mar 2
vs. Le Moyne Jan 19
Feb 15		63–74
Feb 24		–Jan 27
Feb 22		66–62
Feb 10		80–73
Feb 3		Jan 21
Mar 2		Feb 8
Feb 17		Feb 1
Feb 29
vs. LIU Jan 21
Feb 29		Feb 1
Feb 15		Jan 27
Feb 22		–Feb 8
Feb 17		89–55
Feb 10		Jan 19
Feb 3		68–73
Jan 25		67–69
Feb 25
vs. Merrimack 75–70
Feb 3		56–60
Feb 29		62–66
Feb 10		Feb 8
Feb 17		–58–82
Mar 2		Jan 27
Feb 22		Jan 21
Feb 15		Jan 19
Jan 25
vs. Sacred Heart Feb 8
Feb 24		Jan 27
Feb 22		73–80
Feb 3		55–89
Feb 10		82–58
Mar 2		–67–79
Jan 25		Feb 1
Feb 29		Jan 21
Feb 17
vs. Saint Francis 75–61
Feb 1		81–71
Feb 17		Jan 21
Mar 2		Jan 19
Feb 3		Jan 27
Feb 22		79–67
Jan 25		–Feb 10
Feb 24		71–56
Feb 15
vs. Stonehill 74–59
Mar 2		81–74OT
Jan 19		Feb 8
Feb 17		73–68
Jan 25		Jan 21
Feb 15		Feb 1
Feb 29		Feb 10
Feb 24		–64–54
Feb 3
vs. Wagner Jan 27
Feb 22		Feb 8
Mar 2		Feb 1
Feb 29		69–67
Feb 25		Jan 19
Jan 25		Jan 21
Feb 17		56–71
Feb 15		54–64
Feb 3		–
Record 3–02–21–22–13–13–10–40–42–1

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

Games will be played on March 6, 9, and 12, 2024, at campus sites. The top eight teams in the conference regular-season standings will qualify.[66]

NCAA tournament

The NEC will have one of its teams automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament.

Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round
           

Attendance

Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16
Central Connecticut William H. Detrick Gymnasium 2,654 1,115 1,041 1,021 1,015 923 1,022
Fairleigh Dickinson Rothman Center 1,852 570 1,852 443 703 273 153 223
Le Moyne Ted Grant Court 2,637[lower-alpha 1] 405 294 480 292 466 483
LIU Steinberg Wellness Center
Barclays Center		 2,500 (Steinberg)
17,732 (Barclays)		 812 1,704[lower-alpha 2] 489
Merrimack Merrimack Athletics Complex 1,200 (Hammel Court)
2,549 (Lawler Arena)		 697[lower-alpha 3] 2,347[lower-alpha 4] 769[lower-alpha 4] 587[lower-alpha 4] 693[lower-alpha 4] 547[lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 3]
[lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4]
Sacred Heart William H. Pitt Center 2,062 721 1,209 664 617 1,387 2,400 312 2,000
485
Saint Francis DeGol Arena 3,500 623 341 351 502 336 603 510 590
Stonehill Merkert Gymnasium 1,560 1,157 759 725 344 230 340
Wagner Spiro Sports Center 2,100 1,046 558 905 312 989 972
  1. ↑ This is the seating capacity for the Le Moyne Events Center when Configuration A is used. The actual seating capacity for basketball may be somewhat different.
  2. ↑ Game played at Barclays Center. Remainder of home games played at Steinberg Wellness Center.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Game played at Hammel Court.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Game played at Lawler Arena.

Media coverage

CBS Sports Network will televise two conference regular-season games.[67] ESPNU will televise one conference regular-season game.[67] SNY will televise four LIU home games and Sacred Heart's home game against Fairfield.[18] YES will televise six Fairleigh Dickinson home games[68] as well as two other conference regular-season games and both conference tournament semifinal games.[67] A simulcast of the games broadcast by YES (other than the Fairleigh Dickinson home games) will be streamed by ESPN+.[67] In addition to the YES simulcasts, ESPN+ will stream five other conference regular-season games.[67] The conference tournament final will be televised by ESPN2.[66][67] All home games of NEC teams not televised by a conference media partner will be streamed by NEC Front Row, the conference's streaming platform.

The conference semifinal games may be broadcast by YES on tape delay, if they conflict with New York Yankees spring training games. The 2024 NEC tournament final will mark the 37th consecutive year that the conference's championship game has been broadcast on linear television by an ESPN network.[67]

See also

  • 2023–24 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

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