2015 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2015 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
Champions St. Francis Brooklyn (1st title)
Winning coach John Thurston (1st title)
MVP Sarah Benedetti (SFBK)
  2014
2016  
2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Bryant 144 .778229  .710
Central Connecticut 144 .7781913  .594
Robert Morris 135 .7221715  .531
Sacred Heart 117 .6111613  .552
St. Francis Brooklyn99 .5001519  .441
Fairleigh Dickinson 711 .3891020  .333
LIU Brooklyn 612 .333921  .300
Mount St. Mary's 612 .333822  .267
Wagner 513 .278722  .241
Saint Francis (PA) 513 .278623  .207
2015 NEC tournament winner
As of March 15, 2015
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 8, 11, and 15, 2015. The 2015 Northeast Conference tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 8 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 11, and the finals on March 15. [1] The champions, St. Francis Brooklyn, earned a trip to the 2015 NCAA tournament.

Contents

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 8
NEC Front Row
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 11
(reseeded)
ESPN3
Championship
Sunday, March 15
ESPNU
         
1 Central Connecticut72
8 LIU Brooklyn 51
1 Central Connecticut 63
5 St. Francis Brooklyn712OT
4 Sacred Heart 59
5 St. Francis Brooklyn77
5 St. Francis Brooklyn77
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Robert Morris 62
2 Bryant76
7 Mount Saint Mary's 54
2 Bryant 62
3 Robert Morris68
3 Robert Morris89
6 Fairleigh Dickinson 61

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

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [2]

NameSchool
Sarah BenedettiSt. Francis Brooklyn
Jaymee VeneySt. Francis Brooklyn
Anna Niki StamolamprouRobert Morris
Rebeca NavarroRobert Morris
Breanna RuckerBryant

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References

  1. "2015 NEC Women's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  2. "Terrier Takeover! St. Francis Brooklyn Wins First NEC Women's Basketball Title, 77-62, Over RMU". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved March 14, 2015.