2025 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
| 2025 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Television | ESPNU, ESPN+, NEC Front Row |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stonehill* | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne* | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst* | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 7 | – | 26 | .212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 NEC tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will take place on three dates between March 10 and 16, 2025, and all tournament games will be played in the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament, provided such team is eligible. If a reclassifying institution wins the NEC tournament championship, the tournament runner-up will be awarded the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. If two reclassifying teams, i.e. Le Moyne and Stonehill, reach the final of the NEC tournament, the conference will stage an automatic qualifier game between the two non-advancing semifinalists.[1] Since Le Moyne and Stonehill were matched up against each other in the tournament semifinals, an ineligible team was guaranteed to reach the NEC final. Consequently, the winner of the semifinal between Fairleigh Dickinson and Chicago State receives the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; the winning team will be making its NCAA Division I tournament debut.
Seeds
[edit]For the third straight year, the NEC changed its rules regarding eligibility for the conference tournament. Teams transitioning from Division II may participate in the NEC tournament starting with the third year of their transition. Therefore, Mercyhurst will not be eligible for the NEC tournament until 2027.[2] The change is prospective rather than retroactive. Consequently, Le Moyne, in their second transition year, remain eligible for the 2025 tournament. This means the eight conference members other than Mercyhurst will participate in the tournament. In 2024, the top eight teams in the conference regular-season standings qualified, and all transitioning NEC teams were eligible for the conference tournament.
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference,[3] with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[4] Although Mercyhurst is ineligible for the tournament, they may still be involved in a tiebreaker and affect the outcome of a multi-team tie.[5]
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 16–0 | |
| 2 | Stonehill | 11–5 | |
| 3 | Central Connecticut | 10–6 | |
| 4 | Saint Francis | 9–7 | |
| 5 | Le Moyne | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. Stonehill |
| 6 | Chicago State | 6–10 | 0–2 vs. Stonehill |
| 7 | Wagner | 5–11 | |
| 8 | LIU | 3–13 | |
| DNQ | Mercyhurst | 6–10 |
Schedule
[edit]| Game[3] | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Monday, March 10 | |||||
| 1 | 7 p.m. | No. 8 LIU at No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson | 44–73 | NEC Front Row | |
| 2 | No. 7 Wagner at No. 2 Stonehill | 50–72 | |||
| 3 | No. 6 Chicago State at No. 3 Central Connecticut | 70–60 | |||
| 4 | No. 5 Le Moyne at No. 4 Saint Francis | 62–51 | |||
| Semifinals – Thursday, March 13 | |||||
| 5 | 7 p.m. | No. 6 Chicago State at No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson | 61–90 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | No. 5 Le Moyne at No. 2 Stonehill | 41–60 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 16 | |||||
| 7 | 12 p.m. | No. 2 Stonehill at No. 1 Fairleigh Dickinson | 49–66 | ESPNU | |
| *Game times in EDT (UTC−4). Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||
Tournament highlights
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Final
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Teams will be reseeded after each round with the highest remaining seeds receiving home-court advantage.
| Quarterfinals Monday, March 10 NEC Front Row | Semifinals Thursday, March 13 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 16 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | LIU | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Chicago State | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Saint Francis | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Le Moyne | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Pairings are reseeded after the quarterfinals. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stonehill | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stonehill | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Wagner | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stonehill | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Le Moyne | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Central Connecticut | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Chicago State | 70 | ||||||||||||
Game summaries
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]*** Note: The winner of Chicago State–Fairleigh Dickinson game will receive the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, since both Stonehill and Le Moyne are ineligible for NCAA postseason play as institutions reclassifying from Division II. ***
Final
[edit]Awards and honors
[edit]Source:
Tournament MVP:
- NEC All-Tournament Team
Statistics
[edit]- Source:
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 NEC Spring Meeting Recap". Northeast Conference. June 15, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "A New Chapter: Chicago State & Mercyhurst Officially Join NEC". Northeast Conference. July 1, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "2025 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". Northeast Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "NEC Men's Basketball Tiebreaker Procedure". Northeast Conference. February 24, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/17)". Northeast Conference. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.