2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	NEC Front Row, ESPN2, MSG, FCS, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
Regular Season
First place	St. Francis Brooklyn
Runners-up	Robert Morris
Season MVP	Jalen Cannon, SFBK
Top scorer	Dyami Starks, BU
Tournament
Champions	Robert Morris
Runners-up	St. Francis Brooklyn
Finals MVP	Rodney Prior, RMU

2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. Francis Brooklyn	15	–	3	.833	23	–	12	.657
Robert Morris †	12	–	6	.667	20	–	15	.571
Bryant	12	–	6	.667	16	–	15	.516
Mount St. Mary's	11	–	7	.611	15	–	15	.500
Saint Francis (PA)	9	–	9	.500	16	–	16	.500
Sacred Heart	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
LIU Brooklyn	8	–	10	.444	12	–	18	.400
Wagner	8	–	10	.444	10	–	20	.333
Fairleigh Dickinson	3	–	15	.167	8	–	21	.276
Central Connecticut	3	–	15	.167	5	–	26	.161

† 2015 NEC Tournament winner

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

Preseason

Rankings

	NEC Coaches Poll^[1]
1.	St. Francis Brooklyn (6)
2.	Central Connecticut (3)
3.	Saint Francis (PA) (1)
4.	Robert Morris
5.	Mount St. Mary's
6.	Bryant
7.	Wagner
8.	LIU Brooklyn
9.	Fairleigh Dickinson
10.	Sacred Heart

() first place votes

All-NEC team

Coaches Poll^[2]
Earl Brown Saint Francis (PA) Jalen Cannon St. Francis Brooklyn Lucky Jones Robert Morris Dyami Starks Bryant Kyle Vinales Central Connecticut

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 record	NEC record	NCAA Tournaments
Bryant	Tim O'Shea	Ohio	6	31.4 !57–124	35.2 !31–57	0
Central Connecticut	Howie Dickenman	Connecticut	18	51.2 !273–260	58.7 !181–127	3
Fairleigh Dickinson	Greg Herenda	UMass Lowell	1	32.2 !10–21	37.5 !6–10	0
LIU Brooklyn	Jack Perri	Rhode Island College	2	46.0 !29–34	47.0 !16–18	1
Mount St. Mary's	Jamion Christian	VCU	2	52.3 !34–31	58.8 !20–14	1
Robert Morris	Andrew Toole	Lafayette	4	63.8 !90–51	76.0 !54–17	0
Sacred Heart	Anthony Latina	Central Connecticut	1	16.1 !5–26	12.5 !2–14	0
St. Francis Brooklyn	Glenn Braica	St. John's	4	49.1 !60–62	55.7 !39–31	0
Saint Francis (PA)	Rob Krimmel		2	25.0 !15–45	35.2 !12–22	0
Wagner	Bashir Mason	Marist	2	61.2 !38–24	70.5 !24–10	0

NEC Regular Season

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	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	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Central Conn.	2–0	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. LIU Br'klyn	2–0	0–2	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0
vs. Mount St. Mary's	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Robert Morris	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Sacred Heart	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	1–1
vs. St. Francis Br'klyn	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2
vs. Saint Francis (PA)	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	–	1–1
vs. Wagner	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	–
Total	12–6	3–15	3–15	8–10	11–7	12-6	9-9	15-3	9-9	8–10

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshmen of the week each Monday.^[3]^[4] Jalen Cannon garnered 5 player of the week honors and St. Francis Brooklyn all programs with 6. Marcquise Reed led all freshman with 6 player of the week honors, Cane Broom came in second with 5 and in week 4 won both Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week.

Week (Date)	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
1 (Nov. 17, 2014)	De'von Barnett, SHU	Marcquise Reed, RMU
2 (Nov. 24, 2014)	Rodney Pryor, RMU	Nura Zanna, LIU
3 (Dec. 1, 2014)	Jalen Cannon, SFBK	JoJo Cooper, WC
4 (Dec. 8, 2014)	Cane Broome, SHU	Cane Broome, SHU
5 (Dec. 15, 2014)	Rodney Pryor, RMU	Elvar Fridriksson, LIU
6 (Dec. 22, 2014)	Earl Brown, SFU	Cane Broome, SHU
7 (Dec. 29, 2014)	Jalen Cannon, SFBK	Marcquise Reed, RMU
8 (Jan. 6, 2015)	Jalen Cannon, SFBK Earl Brown, SFU	Marcquise Reed, RMU Darian Anderson, FDU
9 (Jan. 12, 2015)	Dan Garvin, BU	Nura Zanna, LIU
10 (Jan. 19, 2015)	Brent Jones, SFBK	Marcquise Reed, RMU
11 (Jan. 26, 2015)	Martin Hermannsson, LIU Marcus Burton, WC	Cane Broome, SHU
12 (Feb. 2, 2015)	Marcus Burton, WC	Marcquise Reed, RMU
13 (Feb. 9, 2015)	Jalen Cannon, SFBK	Marcquise Reed, RMU
14 (Feb. 16, 2015)	Dyami Starks, BU	Martin Hermannsson, LIU
15 (Feb. 23, 2015)	Jalen Cannon, SFBK	Cane Broome, SHU
16 (Mar. 2, 2015)	Rodney Prior, RMU	Cane Broome, SHU

Postseason

NEC Tournament

Main article: 2015 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

March 4–10, 2015 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 4 NEC Front Row, MSG+2, FCS and Cox Sports			Semifinals Saturday, March 7 (reseeded) NEC Front Row, MSG+, FCS			Championship Tuesday, March 10 ESPN2

1	St. Francis Brooklyn	79
8	LIU Brooklyn	70
			1	St. Francis Brooklyn	62

			5	Saint Francis (PA)	48
4	Mount St. Mary's	58

5	Saint Francis (PA)	73
						1	St. Francis Brooklyn	63
						2	Robert Morris	66
2	Robert Morris	91
7	Wagner	68
			2	Robert Morris	66

			3	Bryant	53
3	Bryant	91**

6	Sacred Heart	85

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

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	2nd Round	3rd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
16	South	Robert Morris	W, 81–77 vs. #16 North Florida – (Dayton)	L, 56–85 vs. #1 Duke – (Charlotte)

National Invitational Tournament

Main article: 2015 National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
8	Richmond	St. Francis Brooklyn	L, 74–84 vs. #1 Richmond

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Main article: 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifianls	Championship
		Saint Francis (PA)	L, 64–67 vs. Bowling Green

Honors and Awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Starting on March 6, the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2014–15 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News.

Jalen Cannon SFBK, AP Honorable Mention

All-NEC awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 NEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[5]
Player of the Year	Jalen Cannon, St. Francis Brooklyn
Coach of the Year	Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn
Defensive Player of the Year	Amdy Fall, St. Francis Brooklyn
Rookie of the Year	Marcquise Reed, Robert Morris
Most Improved Player of the Year	Matt Mobley, Central Connecticut

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2015 NEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Earl Brown, Sr., F., SFU Marcus Burton, Sr., G., WC †Jalen Cannon, Sr., F., SFBK Brent Jones, Sr., G., SFBK Dyami Starks, Sr., G., BU	Dan Garvin, So., F., BU Lucky Jones, Sr., G., RMU Matt Mobley, So., G., CCSU Rodney Prior, Jr., G., RMU Marcquise Reed, Fr., G., RMU	Byron Ashe, So., G., MSM Gregory Graves, Jr., F., MSM Evan Kelly, Sr., G., SHU Gerrell Martin, Sr., G., LIU Joe O'Shea, Sr., G., BU	Cane Broome, Fr., G., SHU Martin Hermannsson, Fr., G., LIU Marcquise Reed, Fr., G., RMU Junior Robinson, Fr., G., MSM Nura Zanna, Fr., F., LIU
† - denotes unanimous selection

Milestones and records

On January 4, 2015, head coach Andrew Toole of Robert Morris became the quickest to 100 wins in NEC history, needing just 160 games to get there.^[6]
On February 7, 2015, senior forward Jalen Cannon of the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers became the all-time rebounds leader in Northeast Conference history.^[7]

References

↑ "Terrier First! St. Francis Brooklyn Tops 2014-15 NEC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". Northeastconference.org/. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ "Experienced Five Make Up Preseason All-NEC Men's Basketball Team". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ "Men's Basketball NEC Player of the Week 2014-15". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
↑ "Men's Basketball NEC Rookie of the Week 2014-15". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
↑ "St. Francis Brooklyn's Jalen Cannon Named NEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ "Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/26/2015)". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
↑ "Cannon hits NEC milestone in 66-51 St. Francis Brooklyn win". ESPN.com. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

External links

NEC website

Northeast Conference men'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"

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