2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2018 NEC Tournament winner ;

2017–18 Northeast Conference men'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
NBA Draft
Regular Season
NEC Tournament

The 2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December and concluded in February 2018.

The NEC Tournament will be held from March 1 through March 7 with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.

Head Coaches

Coaching changes

On April 18, 2017, LIU Brooklyn announced Derek Kellogg as the 14th head coach in program history.^[1] Kellogg replaced Jack Perri, whose contract was not renewed;^[2] Perri became an assistant at Boston University.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Overall record	NEC record	NEC Tournament championships
Bryant	Tim O'Shea	Ohio	9	93–182	57–85	0
Central Connecticut	Donyell Marshall	Buffalo (asst.)	1	6–23	4–14	0
Fairleigh Dickinson	Greg Herenda	UMass Lowell	4	47–76	31–39	1
LIU Brooklyn	Derek Kellogg	UMass	0	0–0	0–0	0
Mount St. Mary's	Jamion Christian	VCU (asst.)	4	83–81	55–33	2
Robert Morris	Andrew Toole	Robert Morris (asst.)	6	134–107	83–42	1
Sacred Heart	Anthony Latina	Sacred Heart (asst.)	4	45–80	30–40	0
St. Francis Brooklyn	Glenn Braica	St. John's (asst.)	7	102–118	67–57	0
Saint Francis (PA)	Rob Krimmel	Saint Francis (PA) (asst.)	5	61–95	41–47	0
Wagner	Bashir Mason	Wagner (asst.)	5	86–68	56–32	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school does not include 2017–18 season.
Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason Coaches Poll

Source^[3]

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

() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

Source^[4]

Recipient	School
Isaiah Blackmon	Saint Francis (PA)
Keith Braxton	Saint Francis (PA)
Joseph Lopez	Sacred Heart
Junior Robinson	Mount St. Mary's
Darian Anderson	Fairleigh Dickinson

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 Brooklyn	Saint Francis (PA)	Wagner
vs. Bryant	–	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Central Conn.	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	0–1	1–1	–	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
vs. LIU Br'klyn	0–1	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Mount St. Mary's	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Robert Morris	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0
vs. Sacred Heart	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–0
vs. St. Francis Brooklyn	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	0–1
vs. Saint Francis (PA)	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	–	2–0
vs. Wagner	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	–
Total	1–9	5–5	4–6	5–5	6–4	7–3	2–8	6–4	6–4	8–2

Player of the week

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

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week
November 13, 2017	Raiquan Clark, LIU Brooklyn	Koby Thomas, Robert Morris
November 20, 2017	Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary's Deion Bute, Central Connecticut	Jalen Jordan, Saint Francis Brooklyn
November 27, 2017	Dachon Burke, Robert Morris	Koby Thomas (2), Robert Morris
December 4, 2017	Dachon Burke (2), Robert Morris	Nigel Jackson, Wagner Jon Williams, Robert Morris
December 11, 2017	Dachon Burke (3), Robert Morris	Koby Thomas (3), Robert Morris
December 18, 2017	JoJo Cooper, Wagner	Jahlil Jenkins, Fairleigh Dickinson
December 26, 2017	Keith Braxton, Saint Francis (PA)	Alex Watson, Sacred Heart
January 2, 2018	Keith Braxton (2), Saint Francis (PA)	Noah Morgan, Fairleigh Dickinson
January 8, 2018	Junior Robinson (2), Mount St. Mary's	Koby Thomas (4), Robert Morris Jonah Antonio, Mount St. Mary's
January 15, 2018	Junior Robinson (3), Mount St. Mary's	Donald Carey, Mount St. Mary's
January 22, 2018	JoJo Cooper (2), Wagner	Jalen Jordan (2), Saint Francis Brooklyn
January 29, 2018	Junior Robinson (4), Mount St. Mary's Tyler Kohl, Central Connecticut	Chauncey Hawkins, Saint Francis Brooklyn Jonah Antonio (2), Mount St. Mary's
February 5, 2018
February 12, 2018
February 19, 2018
February 26, 2018

Source^[5]^[6]

Postseason

NEC Tournament

March, 2018 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

Quarterfinals March			Semifinals March			Championship March

1	Wagner	73
8	Central Connecticut	61
			1	Wagner	75

			7	Robert Morris	64
4	LIU Brooklyn	73

5	St. Francis Brooklyn	50
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)					1	Wagner	61
						4	LIU Brooklyn	71
2	Mount St. Mary's	56
7	Robert Morris	60
			4	LIU Brooklyn	78

			6	Farleigh Dickinson	77
3	Saint Francis (PA)	75

6	Farleigh Dickinson	84

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

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	2nd Round	3rd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
16	East	LIU Brooklyn	L 61–71 vs. #16 Radford – (Dayton)

National Invitational Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifianls	Championship
8	Baylor	Wagner	L 59–80 vs. #1 Baylor – (Waco)

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifianls	Championship
St. Francis (PA)	L 61–84 vs. UIC – (Chicago)

Honors and awards

Award	Recipient(s)
2018 NEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2018 NEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams

† - denotes unanimous selection

References

↑ "LIU Brooklyn Announces Derek Kellogg as Men's Basketball Head Coach". liuathletics.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
↑ "Jack Perri Out At LIU Brooklyn". nycbuckets.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
↑ "Spread The Red! Saint Francis U is the Unanimous Pick To Win the #NECMBB Title". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Saint Francis U Lands Two Players On Preseason All-NEC Men's Basketball Team". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Northeast Conference - Men's Basketball NEC Player of the Week". www.northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
↑ "Northeast Conference - Men's Basketball NEC Rookie of the Week". www.northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

External links

NEC website

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[1] "LIU Brooklyn Announces Derek Kellogg as Men's Basketball Head Coach". liuathletics.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[2] "Jack Perri Out At LIU Brooklyn". nycbuckets.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[3] "Spread The Red! Saint Francis U is the Unanimous Pick To Win the #NECMBB Title". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[4] "Saint Francis U Lands Two Players On Preseason All-NEC Men's Basketball Team". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[5] "Northeast Conference - Men's Basketball NEC Player of the Week". www.northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

[6] "Northeast Conference - Men's Basketball NEC Rookie of the Week". www.northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

Northeast Conference men'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	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 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 2016–17 2017–18

2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wagner	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Saint Francis (PA)	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
Mount St. Mary's	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
LIU Brooklyn †	10	–	8	.556	18	–	17	.514
St. Francis Brooklyn	10	–	8	.556	13	–	18	.419
Robert Morris	9	–	9	.500	16	–	17	.485
Fairleigh Dickinson	9	–	9	.500	13	–	18	.419
Central Connecticut	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Sacred Heart	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Bryant	2	–	16	.111	3	–	28	.097

† 2018 NEC Tournament winner