2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
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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

2016–17 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bryant	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Central Connecticut	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Fairleigh Dickinson	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
LIU Brooklyn	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Mount St. Mary's	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Robert Morris	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Sacred Heart	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
St. Francis Brooklyn	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Saint Francis (PA)	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Wagner	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2017 NEC Tournament winner

The 2016–17 NEC men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

Preseason

Rankings

	NEC Coaches Poll
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() first place votes

All-NEC team

Coaches Poll

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 current school	Overall record	NEC record	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Bryant	Tim O'Shea	Ohio	8	81–162	48–76	0	0	0
Central Connecticut	Donyell Marshall	Buffalo	0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0
Fairleigh Dickinson	Greg Herenda	UMass Lowell	3	36–57	20–32	1	0	0
LIU Brooklyn	Jack Perri	Rhode Island College	4	57–67	33–37	1	0	0
Mount St. Mary's	Jamion Christian	VCU	4	63–65	41–29	1	0	0
Robert Morris	Andrew Toole	Lafayette	6	120–88	74–33	1	0	0
Sacred Heart	Anthony Latina	Central Connecticut	3	32–61	22–30	0	0	0
St. Francis Brooklyn	Glenn Braica	St. John's	6	98–91	65–41	0	0	0
Saint Francis (PA)	Rob Krimmel		4	44–78	30–40	0	0	0
Wagner	Bashir Mason	Marist	4	70–54	45–25	0	0	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

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week (Date)	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
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Postseason

NEC Tournament

Main article: 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

• March, 2017 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

	Quarterfinals March					Semifinals March					Championship March
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All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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

National Invitational Tournament

Main article: 2017 National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifianls	Championship

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Main article: 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifianls	Championship

Honors and Awards

2017 NEC Men'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

2017 NEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
† - denotes unanimous selection

External links

• NEC website