2018 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams8
Quarterfinals site DeGol Arena &
Student Recreation and Fitness Center
Loretto, Pennsylvania &
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Semifinals siteDeGol Arena &
Student Recreation and Fitness Center
Loretto, Pennsylvania &
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Finals siteDeGol Arena
Loretto, Pennsylvania
Champions Saint Francis (PA) (12th title)
Winning coach Joe Haigh (1st title)
MVP Jessica Kovatch (Saint Francis (PA))
Top scorerJessica Kovatch (Saint Francis (PA))
(103 points)
←  2017
2019  →
2017–18 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Robert Morris 16–2 .88925–8  .758
Saint Francis (PA) †16–2 .88924–10  .706
Sacred Heart 9–9 .50014–17  .452
St. Francis Brooklyn 9–9 .50013–17  .433
LIU Brooklyn 8–10 .44413–18  .419
Bryant 8–10 .4449–21  .300
Fairleigh Dickinson 7–11 .38915–15  .500
Central Connecticut 7–11 .3897–23  .233
Mount St. Mary's 6–12 .3339–20  .310
Wagner 4–14 .2226–23  .207
† 2018 NEC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was the concluding event of the 2017–18 season of the Northeast Conference (NEC), held from March 7–11, 2018. Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the NEC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season NEC play. [1] Regular-season co-champion Saint Francis of Pennsylvania won the tournament and with it the NEC's automatic berth in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. [2]

Contents

Format

For the first time, the NEC Women's Basketball Tournament did not use what the conference calls a "complete high-seed hosting" format, in which all games are played at the home of the higher seed. In addition, the tournament did not reseed teams after each round, a format it had used since the 2011 edition. Instead, each half of the bracket was hosted by one of the league's two top seeds. The final continues to be played at the home court of the top remaining seed. [1]

Seeds

The NEC uses the following criteria for breaking two-way ties in the conference standings: [3]

The procedure for breaking ties in which three or more teams are involved will not be discussed here, since no such ties existed this season.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3
1Saint Francis (PA)16–221–91–1 vs. RMU3–1 vs. SFB/SHU, 12–0 vs. remainder of NECRPI: 117
2Robert Morris16–223–61–1 vs. SFU3–1 vs. SFB/SHU, 12–0 vs. remainder of NECRPI: 132
3St. Francis Brooklyn9–913–161–1 vs. SHU1–3 vs. SFU/RMU, 4–0 vs. Bryant/LIUB
4Sacred Heart9–913–161–1 vs. SFB1–3 vs. SFU/RMU, 2–2 vs. Bryant/LIUB
5Bryant8–109–201–1 vs. LIUB0–4 vs. SFU/RMU, 3–1 vs. SFB/SHU
6LIU Brooklyn8–1012–171–1 vs. Bryant0–4 vs. SFU/RMU, 1–3 vs. SFB/SHU
7Central Connecticut7–117–221–1 vs. FDU0–4 vs. SFU/RMU, 3–1 vs. SFB/SHU
8Fairleigh Dickinson7–1115–141–1 vs. CC0–4 vs. SFU/RMU, 2–2 vs. SFB/SHU

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 7
NEC Front Row 		Semifinals
Thursday, March 8
ESPN3 		Championship
Sunday, March 11
ESPNU
         
1Saint Francis (PA)89
8 Fairleigh Dickinson 70
1Saint Francis (PA)78
4 Sacred Heart 47
4Sacred Heart80
5 Bryant 63
1 Saint Francis (PA) 66
2 Robert Morris 56
2Robert Morris60
7 Central Connecticut 54
2Robert Morris74
6 LIU Brooklyn 44
3 St. Francis Brooklyn 56
6LIU Brooklyn59

The top two seeds each hosted their half of the bracket; the final was hosted by the top remaining seed.

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold. [2]

NameSchool
Jessica KovatchSaint Francis (PA)
Caitlyn KrollSaint Francis (PA)
Jocelynne JonesRobert Morris
Denisha Petty-EvansLIU Brooklyn
Tykera CarterSacred Heart

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References

  1. 1 2 "Seeds Are Set in #NEC18 Women's Bracket; Saint Francis Won Extensive Tiebreaker to Snag Top Spot" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Red Letter Day! Saint Francis U Wins 12th NEC Women's Basketball Championship". Northeast Conference. Associated Press. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "NEC Basketball Tiebreaker Procedure". Northeast Conference. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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