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.

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.

Bryant left the conference and joined the America East Conference.

Mount St. Mary's left the conference and joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

Head coaches Team Head coach Previous position Year at school Overall record NEC record NEC tournament championshipsCentral Connecticut Kerri Reaves Central Connecticut (assistant) 3rd 0Fairleigh Dickinson Angelika Szumilo Fordham (assistant) 4th 0 LIU Rene Haynes Duke (assistant) 4th Merrimack Kelly Morrone John Carroll 4th Sacred Heart Jessica Mannetti Hofstra 10th St. Francis Brooklyn Linda Cimino Binghamton 5th Saint Francis (PA) Keila Whittington Marist (assistant) 4th Stonehill Trisha Brown Harvard (assistant) 22nd 0Wagner Terrell Coburn Wagner (assistant) 2nd 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 Sources: RankTeam 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team Sources: Recipient School

NEC regular season

Records against other conferences 2022–23 records against non-conference foes as of (November 28, 2022):

Regular season Power 7 ConferencesRecordAmerican 0–0ACC 0–1Big East 0–6Big Ten 0–2Big 12 0–0Pac-12 0–0SEC 0–0Power 7 Conferences Total 0–9Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerica East 0–6A-10 1–4ASUN 0–1Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–2CAA 1–2C-USA 0–1Horizon 0–3Independent 3–0Ivy League 1–5MAAC 2–5MAC 1–1MEAC 2–1MVC 1–0Mountain West 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 2–3SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0Summit League 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I Total 14–34 Division II Total 0–0 Division III Total 1–0NCAA Division I Total 14–43

Post Season Power 7 ConferencesRecordAmerican 0–0ACC 0–0Big East 0–0Big Ten 0–0Big 12 0–0Pac-12 0–0SEC 0–0Power 7 Conferences Total 0–0Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerica East 0–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0Summit League 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I Total 0–0 NCAA Division I Total 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov 11 Saint Francis (PA) No. 25 Michigan Crisler Center ● Ann Arbor, MI — L 36–91 0–1 Dec 10 Merrimack No. 5 Notre Dame Purcell Pavilion ● Notre Dame, IN ― L 44–108 0–2

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.   CCSUFDULIUMerrimack Sacred HeartSFBKSFUStonehillWagnervs. Central Conn. – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0-0 0–0vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 0–0 – 0–0 0-0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. LIU 0–0 0–0 – 0-0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Merrimack 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 0–0vs. St. Francis Brooklyn 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0-0 0–0 0–0vs. Saint Francis (PA) 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0-0 0–0vs. Stonehill 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 –Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Players of the Week Throughout the conference regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named two (Player and Freshman) players of the week each Monday.

WeekPlayer of the WeekSchool Ref.Freshman of the WeekSchool Ref. Nov. 14Alyssa FisherSt. Francis Brooklyn Ella FajardoNy’Ceara PryorFairleigh DickinsonSacred Heart Nov. 21Chloe WilsonFairleigh Dickinson Ny’Ceara Pryor (2)Sacred Heart Nov. 28Chloe Wilson (2)Fairleigh Dickinson Ny’Ceara Pryor (3)Sacred Heart Dec 5. Dec 12. Dec 19. Dec 26. Jan. 2 Jan 9. Jan 16. Jan 23. Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 28

School TotalFairleigh Dickinson 2 1 3Sacred Heart ― 3 3St. Francis Brooklyn 1 ― 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

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship

See also 2022–23 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

References

External links NEC website