# 2022–23 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

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 championships |
| Central Connecticut | Kerri Reaves | Central Connecticut (assistant) | 3rd | 8–30 | 7–24 | 0 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | Angelika Szumilo | Fordham (assistant) | 4th | 48–37 | 36–18 | 0 |
| LIU | Rene Haynes | Duke (assistant) | 4th | 24–51 | 23–31 | |
| Merrimack | Kelly Morrone | John Carroll | 4th | 33–36 | 25–26 | |
| Sacred Heart | Jessica Mannetti | Hofstra | 10th | 127–133 | 95–65 | |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | Linda Cimino | Binghamton | 5th | 47–54 | 33–33 | |
| Saint Francis (PA) | Keila Whittington | Marist (assistant) | 4th | 33–50 | 29–23 | |
| Stonehill | Trisha Brown | Harvard (assistant) | 22nd | 403–185 | 0–0 | 0 |
| Wagner | Terrell Coburn | Wagner (assistant) | 2nd | 17–12 | 10–8 | |
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

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### Preseason All-NEC team

Sources:
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## NEC regular season
### Records against other conferences

2022–23 records against non-conference foes as of (November 28, 2022):
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 0–0 |
| ACC | 0–1 |
| Big East | 0–6 |
| Big Ten | 0–2 |
| Big 12 | 0–0 |
| Pac-12 | 0–0 |
| SEC | 0–0 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 0–9 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 0–6 |
| A-10 | 1–4 |
| ASUN | 0–1 |
| Big Sky | 0–0 |
| Big South | 0–0 |
| Big West | 0–2 |
| CAA | 1–2 |
| C-USA | 0–1 |
| Horizon | 0–3 |
| Independent | 3–0 |
| Ivy League | 1–5 |
| MAAC | 2–5 |
| MAC | 1–1 |
| MEAC | 2–1 |
| MVC | 1–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–0 |
| OVC | 0–0 |
| Patriot League | 2–3 |
| SoCon | 0–0 |
| Southland | 0–0 |
| SWAC | 0–0 |
| Summit League | 0–0 |
| Sun Belt | 0–0 |
| WAC | 0–0 |
| WCC | 0–0 |
| Other Division I Total | 14–34 |
| Division II Total | 0–0 |
| Division III Total | 1–0 |
| NCAA Division I Total | 14–43 |
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 0–0 |
| ACC | 0–0 |
| Big East | 0–0 |
| Big Ten | 0–0 |
| Big 12 | 0–0 |
| Pac-12 | 0–0 |
| SEC | 0–0 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 0–0 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 0–0 |
| A-10 | 0–0 |
| ASUN | 0–0 |
| Big Sky | 0–0 |
| Big South | 0–0 |
| Big West | 0–0 |
| CAA | 0–0 |
| C-USA | 0–0 |
| Horizon | 0–0 |
| Ivy League | 0–0 |
| MAAC | 0–0 |
| MAC | 0–0 |
| MEAC | 0–0 |
| MVC | 0–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–0 |
| OVC | 0–0 |
| Patriot League | 0–0 |
| SoCon | 0–0 |
| Southland | 0–0 |
| SWAC | 0–0 |
| Summit League | 0–0 |
| Sun Belt | 0–0 |
| WAC | 0–0 |
| WCC | 0–0 |
| Other 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.
| | CCSU | FDU | LIU | Merrimack | Sacred Heart | SFBK | SFU | Stonehill | Wagner |
| vs. Central Conn. | – | 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 |
| 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 | 0–0 |
| vs. St. Francis Brooklyn | 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 |
| vs. 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.
| Week | Player of the Week | School | Freshman of the Week | School |
| Nov. 14 | Alyssa Fisher | St. Francis Brooklyn | Ella Fajardo Ny’Ceara Pryor | Fairleigh Dickinson Sacred Heart |
| Nov. 21 | Chloe Wilson | Fairleigh Dickinson | Ny’Ceara Pryor (2) | Sacred Heart |
| Nov. 28 | Chloe Wilson (2) | Fairleigh Dickinson | Ny’Ceara Pryor (3) | Sacred Heart |
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| School | PoW | FoW | Total |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sacred Heart | ― | 3 | 3 |
| St. 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
* 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
### NCAA tournament

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