2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	NEC Front Row, ESPN3, ESPNU, Regional Sports Networks
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
First place	Bryant Central Connecticut
Season MVP	Breanna Rucker BRYANT
NEC Tournament
Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn^[1]
Finals MVP	Sarah Benedetti^[1]

2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bryant	14	–	4	.778	22	–	9	.710
Central Connecticut	14	–	4	.778	19	–	12	.613
Robert Morris	13	–	5	.722	17	–	15	.531
Sacred Heart	11	–	7	.611	16	–	13	.552
St. Francis Brooklyn†	9	–	9	.500	15	–	18	.455
Fairleigh Dickinson	7	–	11	.389	10	–	20	.333
LIU Brooklyn	6	–	12	.333	9	–	21	.300
Mount St. Mary's	6	–	12	.333	8	–	22	.267
Wagner	5	–	13	.278	7	–	22	.241
Saint Francis (PA)	5	–	13	.278	6	–	23	.207


† 2015 NEC Tournament winner As of March 15, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–14 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March with the 2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament.

Preseason

() first place votes

Coaches Poll^[3]
Jenniqua Bailey Bryant Alexa Hayward Saint Francis (PA) Eilidh Simpson St. Francis Brooklyn Gabby Washington Sacrd Heart Jasmine Nwajei Wagner

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	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	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Central Conn.	1–1	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1
vs. LIU Br'klyn	2–0	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. Mount St. Mary's	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Robert Morris	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
vs. Sacred Heart	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. St. Francis Br'klyn	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	0–2	1–1
vs. Saint Francis (PA)	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–1
vs. Wagner	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	–
Total	14–4	14–4	7–11	6–12	6–12	13–5	11–7	9–9	5–13	5–13

Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 NEC Front Row			Semifinals Wednesday, March 11 (reseeded) ESPN3			Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPNU

1	Central Connecticut	72
8	LIU Brooklyn	51
			1	Central Connecticut	63

			5	St. Francis Brooklyn	71^2OT
4	Sacred Heart	59

5	St. Francis Brooklyn	77
						5	St. Francis Brooklyn	77
						3	Robert Morris	62
2	Bryant	76
7	Mount Saint Mary's	54
			2	Bryant	62

			3	Robert Morris	68
3	Robert Morris	89

6	Fairleigh Dickinson	61

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

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Regional Semifinals	Regional Finals	Final Four	Championship
16	Albany	St. Francis Brooklyn	L, 33–89 vs. #1 Connecticut

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 NEC Women's Basketball Individual Awards^[4]
Player of the Year	Breanna Rucker, BRYANT
Coach of the Year	Beryl Piper, CCSU
Defensive Player of the Year	Erika Livermore, FDU
Rookie of the Year	Ivory Bailey, BRYANT

First Team	Second Team	Defensive Team	Rookie Team
2015 NEC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Hannah Kimmel, Jr., F., SHU Erika Livermore, Jr., C., FDU Jasmine Nwajei, So., G., WC Breanna Rucker, Jr., F., BRYANT Anna Niki Stamolamprou, So., G., RMU	Sophie Bhasin, Jr., G., LIU Kelsey Cruz, Jr., G., FDU Alexa Hayward, Sr., G., SFU TeJahne Malone, Jr., F., CCSU Jaymee Veney, Sr., F., SFBK	Amanda Andrades, Sr., G., FDU Leah Fechko, Jr., G., SFBK Erika Livermore, Jr., C., FDU Jasmine Nwajei, So., G., WC Letava Whippy, Sr., G., LIU	Ivory Bailey, Fr., G., BRYANT Mikalah Mulrain, Fr., C., RMU Camden Musgrave, Fr., G., CCSU Megan Smith, Fr., F., RMU Maya Wynn, Fr., G., SFU
† - denotes unanimous selection

Northeast Conference women's basketball

Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks

Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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