2019–20 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

The 2019–20 NEC women's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play will start in January 2020 and concluded in March with the 2020 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Changes from last season Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference. They are not eligible this year for the NEC tournament.

On October 3, 2018 Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, to be nicknamed Sharks, will maintain LIU Brooklyn's existing memberships in Division I and the NEC.

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 school Overall recordBryant Mary Burke Bryant 29 Central Connecticut Beryl Piper Central Connecticut 12 Fairleigh Dickinson Angelika Szumilo LIU 1 LIU Rene Haynes Duke (assistant) 1 Merrimack Kelly Morrone John Carroll 1 Mount St. Mary's Maria Marchesano IUPUI 2 Robert Morris Charlie Buscaglia Robert Morris 3 Sacred Heart Jessica Mannetti Hofstra 6 St. Francis Brooklyn Linda Cimino Binghamton 2 Saint Francis (PA) Keila Whittington Marist 1 Wagner Heather Jacobs Adelphi 4

Preseason

Rankings NEC Coaches Poll 1. Robert Morris (10) 2. Saint Francis (PA) 3. Mount St. Mary's Sacred Heart 5. Bryant St. Francis Brooklyn 7. Wagner 8. LIU 9. Fairleigh Dickinson 10. Central Connecticut 11. Merrimack

() first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team Source Recipient SchoolNneka Ezeigbo Robert MorrisSydney HollowayBryantJade JohnsonSt. Francis BrooklynBrandy ThomasLIUAdrianne Hagood Sacred Heart

NEC regular season

Weekly awards 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 weekNovember 11, 2019Denia Davis-Stewart, MER Alex Cowan, WAG November 18, 2019Emilija Kirsta Grava, WAG Nicole Gallagher, BRY November 25, 2019Nevena Dimitrijevic, SFBK Nevena Dimitrijevic, SFBK December 2, 2019Nneka Ezeigbo, RMU Aryna Taylor, MSM December 9, 2019 Kendall Bresee, MSM Nevena Dimitrijevic (2), SFBK December 16, 2019 Denia Davis-Stewart (2), MER Nevena Dimitrijevic (3), SFBK December 23, 2019Lauren Francillon, FDU Maria Roters, FDU December 30, 2019 Denia Davis-Stewart (3), MER Alana Fursman, MER January 6, 2020 Nneka Ezeigbo (2), RMU Sonia Smith, SHU January 15, 2020 Denia Davis-Stewart (4), MER Nevena Dimitrijevic (4), SFBKJanuary 22, 2020 Isabella Posset, RMU Maria Roters (2), FDU January 29, 2020 Brandy Thomas, LIU Emilija Krista Grava (2), WAG Katie Dettwiller, SFU February 5, 2020 Brandy Thomas (2), LIU Aniya Bell FDU Jayme Decesare MER February 12, 2020 Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu, RMU Nevena Dimitrijevic (5), SFBKFebruary 19, 2020 Nneka Ezeigbo (3), RMU Sonia Smith (2), SHU February 25, 2020Denia Davis-Stewart (5), MER Nevena Dimitrijevic (6), SFBKMarch 4, 2020 Denia Davis-Stewart (6), MER Nneka Ezeigbo (4), RMU Nevena Dimitrijevic (7), SFBK

School Player of the week Awards Rookie of the week Awards Bryant01 Central Connecticut00 Fairleigh Dickinson13 LIU20Merrimack62Mount St. Mary's11Robert Morris60Sacred Heart0217Saint Francis (PA)01Wagner21

All-NEC honors and awards Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches. Honor Recipient Player of the Year Denia Davis-Stewart, MER Coach of the Year Charlie Buscaglia, RMU Defensive Player of the Year Denia Davis-Stewart, MER Rookie of the Year Nevena Dimitrijevic, SFBK Most Improved Player of the Year Rachael Niles, FDU All-NEC First Team Nneka Ezeigbo, RMU Denia Davis-Stewart, MER Emilija Krista Grava, WAG Michaela Harrison, MSM Brandy Thomas, LIU All-NEC Second Team Nevena Dimitrijevic, SFBK Lauren Francillon, FDU Adrianne Hagood, SHU Sydney Holloway, BRY Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu, RMU All-NEC Third Team Ally Lassen, SFBK Kendall Bresee, MSM Kate Mager, MER Isabella Posset, RMU Karson Swogger, SFPA All-NEC Rookie Team Nevena Dimitrijevic, SFBK Jayme Decesare, MER Nicole Gallagher, BRY Maria Roters, FDU Sonia Smith, SHU

Postseason

NEC tournament

In the NEC tournament the top eight teams from the field of eleven participate. The teams are seeded according to their conference records, and when there are similar records between teams, tie-breakers are applied. After the first round, teams are reseeded after each round, with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

NCAA tournament

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

2019–20 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

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