2025–26 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Defending championsSaint Francis (2024–25)
DurationNovember 3, 2025 – TBD
Games90 regular-season conference games (18 per team) and 7 tournament games
Teams10
Streaming partner(s)NEC Front Row, ESPN+
NBA draft
Regular season
Regular-season championsLIU (1st title)[a]
  Runners-upCentral Connecticut
Season MVPDarin Smith Jr.
Central Connecticut
NEC tournament final
VenueCampus sites
ChampionsLIU (7th title)
  Runners-upMercyhurst
Tournament MVPGreg Gordon
2025–26 NEC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
LIU † 15 – 3   .833 24 – 11   .686
Central Connecticut 12 – 6   .667 18 – 12   .600
Mercyhurst * 10 – 8   .556 17 – 17   .500
Le Moyne * 10 – 8   .556 15 – 17   .469
New Haven ** 9 – 9   .500 14 – 17   .452
Stonehill 8 – 10   .444 12 – 21   .364
Fairleigh Dickinson 8 – 10   .444 11 – 21   .344
Wagner 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Chicago State 5 – 13   .278 7 – 25   .219
Saint Francis 5 – 13   .278 7 – 24   .226
† 2026 NEC tournament winner
* ineligible for the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
** ineligible for both the 2026 NEC tournament and the 2026 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

The 2025–26 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, officially, the 2025–26 NEC men's basketball season,[1] began with practices in October 2025, and was followed by the start of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 3. Conference play started on January 2, and the regular season will conclude on February 28, 2026. This will be the 45th season of Northeast Conference (NEC) men's basketball. Central Connecticut is the defending regular-season champion. Saint Francis is the defending conference tournament champion.

This is the first season of NEC membership for New Haven, which began its transition from Division II.[2][3]

This is the final season of NEC membership for Saint Francis, which began its reclassification transition to Division III.

Offseason

Chicago State fired head coach Scott Spinelli after just one season on March 7.[4][5] Landon Bussie was hired to replace Spinelli on March 20. Bussie had been named Southwestern Athletic Conference coach of the year twice in his five years at the helm at Alcorn State.[6][7]

On March 25, Saint Francis announced it would reclassify to Division III, and that the 2025–26 season would be its last in Division I.[8][9] Two days later, Rob Krimmel resigned as head coach after 13 seasons leading Saint Francis, including a 2025 NCAA tournament appearance,[10] and said he planned to retire from coaching.[11][12] Associate head coach Luke McConnell was immediately promoted to replace Krimmel.[13]

For the fourth straight year, the NEC changed its rules regarding eligibility for the conference tournament. A maximum of two teams transitioning to Division I may participate in the NEC tournament regardless of the number of years they have been in transition with those closest to completing their reclassification receiving priority. Therefore, Mercyhurst is eligible to participate in the 2026 NEC tournament, since Stonehill completed its reclassification to Division I, and Le Moyne and Mercyhurst are in their third and second transition years, respectively. New league member New Haven may participate in the 2027 tournament, provided Le Moyne completes its reclassification as a full, active Division I member in 2026.[3]

Head coaches

Team Head coach Previous position Year at school Overall record NEC record NEC regular-season titles NEC tournament titles NCAA tournament record
Central Connecticut Patrick Sellers Fairfield
(asst.) 		5 63–64 39–27 2[b] 0 —
Chicago State Landon Bussie Alcorn State 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 —
Fairleigh Dickinson Jack Castleberry Fairleigh Dickinson
(asst.) 		3 28–37 17–15 0 0 —
Le Moyne Nate Champion Florida Southern
(asst.) 		6[c] 70–79 13–19 0 0 —
LIU Rod Strickland NBA G League Ignite
(program director) 		4 27–64 19–29 0 0 —
Mercyhurst Gary Manchel Ohio
(asst.) 		23 388–235 9–7 0 0 —
New Haven Ted Hotaling Eastern Kentucky
(asst.) 		15[d] 218–184 0–0 0 0 —
Saint Francis Luke McConnell Saint Francis (assoc. head coach) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 —
Stonehill Chris Kraus Stonehill
(asst.) 		12[e] 163–160 19–29 0 0 —
Wagner Donald Copeland[f] Seton Hall
(asst.) 		4 46–45 21–27 0 1 1–1
Dwan McMillan
(interim) 		Wagner
(asst.) 		1 0–0 0–0 0 0 —
Notes
All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2025–26 season.
Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.
  1. ^ As the LIU Sharks.
  2. ^ 2023–24 regular-season championship shared with Merrimack.
  3. ^ Le Moyne did not play during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is Champion's seventh year as the team's head coach but only his sixth season.
  4. ^ New Haven did not play during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is Hotaling's 16th year as the team's head coach but only his 15th season.
  5. ^ Stonehill did not play during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is Kraus's 13th year as the team's head coach but only his 12th season.
  6. ^ On September 2, 2025, Wagner announced that head coach Donald Copeland had been suspended, while the school investigated allegations of player abuse.[14] On October 28, Wagner announced that Copeland remained the team's head coach, and Dwan McMillan would serve as the interim head coach, while Copeland remained suspended.[15]

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll and rankings

The table below shows the preseason rankings of NEC teams based on a poll of the conference's coaches[16] as well as each team's preseason Pomeroy rating among the 365 Division I teams.[17]

Rank Team Pomeroy
rating
1 LIU (unanimous) 287
2 Central Connecticut 315
3 Stonehill 331
4 Mercyhurst 359
5 Fairleigh Dickinson 349
6 Chicago State 362
7 Saint Francis 345
8 Wagner 358
9 Le Moyne 339
10 New Haven 360

() first-place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

Source: [18]

Player School
Bernie Blunt III (graduate student, guard) Mercyhurst
Malachi Davis ( senior, guard) LIU
Jamal Fuller (graduate student, guard/forward) LIU
Hermann Koffi (sophomore, guard) Stonehill
Darin Smith Jr. (sophomore, forward) Central Connecticut

Regular season

Early-season multi-team events

Eight of the 10 NEC teams are participating in multiple-team events (MTEs) during the season. All the MTEs except Coconut Hoops, which is a bracketed tournament, are showcase events.

Source: [19]

Team Event Sponsor Record
Central Connecticut None — —
Chicago State Acrisure Series not reported 0–3
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Basketball Classic Fairleigh Dickinson 0–2
Le Moyne Lafayette Classic Lafayette 2–1
LIU Illinois Showcase Illinois 1–1
Mercyhurst Marshall MTE Marshall 0–2
New Haven UConn MTE UConn 1–2
Saint Francis Coconut Hoops Florida Gulf Coast 0–2
Stonehill Mahoney Classic Fairfield 0–2
Wagner None — —

Pre-conference season highlights

New Haven made their Division I debut at no. 4 UConn on November 3, the season's opening day. It was the first road game against a Division I opponent in the Chargers' program history. New Haven's only previous meeting with a Division I team was an 83–68 home loss to Wagner on February 17, 1979.[20] Andre Pasha scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Chargers, but the Huskies dominated the glass, 40–25, and shot 48% from the floor and 35% from three-point range, cruising to a 79–55 victory.[21][22]

Bernie Blunt III scored 27 points to lead Mercyhurst to a 73–65 win at Loyola Chicago on November 6. The Lakers built a seven-point lead by intermission and remained in front during the entire second half. Mykolas Ivanauskas snatched nine boards for the Lakers, who outrebounded the Ramblers, 36–30. Deshaun Jackson Jr. came off the bench to score 11 points and dish five assists for Mercyhurst, and Qadir Martin added 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks, two steals and an assist.[23][24]

Jabri Fitzpatrick scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead New Haven to a 73–67 win at UMass Lowell on November 10, the first victory as a Division I program and the first over a Division I opponent in Chargers history. Andre Pasha added 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals for New Haven, and Vere Anthony finished with three assists and a steal in 12 minutes off the bench.[25][26][27]

Tre'shawn Sheppard had a double-double with 12 points, 13 boards, an assist, a block and a steal to lead LIU to a 76–72 win at Air Force on November 11. Malachi Davis and Jamal Fuller each scored 14 points for the Sharks. Greg Gordon finished with nine points, five assists and three steals. LIU's bench outscored their counterparts, 36–18.[27][28][29]

Darin Smith, Jr. made a layup for Central Connecticut with 3.2 seconds to play, and Donald Hand Jr.'s jump shot was off the mark at the buzzer, giving the Blue Devils a 60–59 win at Boston College on November 11. This was the first win for an NEC team over a power conference opponent since Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Purdue in the 2023 NCAA tournament. This was also the first win over a power conference opponent in Central Connecticut's program history.[30] Smith finished with 14 points and five rebounds. Melo Sanchez scored 17 points, 12 in the second half, to lead Central Connecticut. Max Frazier snatched seven rebounds and scored nine points, including a dunk that capped a 14–5 run, giving the Blue Devils a one-point lead with 6:45 to play, after they had trailed by 11 points early in the second half. Jay Rodgers added six assists, two blocks and no turnovers for Central Connecticut.[31][32]

LIU built a 17-point halftime lead and then held off a late charge by James Madison, picked to win the Sun Belt title in a preseason poll of the conference's coaches,[33] to earn an 88–79 home victory on November 15. Malachi Davis and Jamal Fuller each scored 21 points to lead the Sharks, and Davis added eight assists, while Fuller grabbed eight rebounds.[27][34]

Conference matrix

The table below summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference regular-season play. The home team's score is shown in boldface type. Future home games are shown in italics.

Source: [35]

  Central Connecticut Chicago State Fairleigh Dickinson Le Moyne LIU Mercyhurst New Haven Saint Francis Stonehill Wagner
vs. Central Connecticut –
  • 67–78
  • 70–51
  • 76–66
  • 57–63
 59–69
77–78		 84–78
80–59
  • 79–61
  • 78–80
 61–72
76–81		 90–98
64–69
  • 69–76
  • 61–59
 55–62
67–84
vs. Chicago State
  • 78–67
  • 51–70
 – 70–63
60–59		 72–57
81–63		 74–55
73–56
  • 61–59
  • 74–78
  • 62–56
  • 57–63
  • 81–60
  • 75–80
  • 85–82OT
  • 55–68
 79–72
80–61
vs. Fairleigh
Dickinson
  • 66–76
  • 63–57
 63–70
59–60		 – 87–74
76–59		 66–59
74–60		 67–74
52–55		 65–55
84–77
  • 85–82
  • 59–66
  • 58–57
  • 58–74
  • 61–68
  • 75–72OT
vs. Le Moyne 69–59
78–77		 57–72
63–81		 74–87
59–76		 –
  • 77–83
  • 83–61
  • 74–60
  • 57–58
  • 47–73
  • 66–59
 58–84
84–86		 65–54
77–68
  • 67–69
  • 79–78
vs. LIU 78–84
59–80		 55–74
56–73		 59–66
60–74
  • 83–77
  • 61–83
 –
  • 58–60
  • 91–83
  • 55–60
  • 55–52
 63–67
89–91		 63–66
54–61		 57–67
65–83
vs. Mercyhurst
  • 61–79
  • 80–78
  • 59–61
  • 78–74
 74–67
55–52
  • 60–74
  • 58–57
  • 60–58
  • 83–91
 – 57–61
51–70		 89–98OT
79–94
  • 62–57OT
  • 72–75OT
  • 69–70
  • 83–80OT
vs. New Haven 72–61
81–76
  • 56–62
  • 63–57
 55–65
77–84
  • 73–47
  • 59–66
  • 60–55
  • 52–55
 61–57
70–51		 –
  • 69–81
  • 73–67
 55–70
51–64
  • 74–80
  • 65–62
vs. Saint Francis 98–90
69–64
  • 60–81
  • 80–75
  • 82–85
  • 66–59
 84–58
86–84		 67–63
91–89		 98–89OT
94–79
  • 81–69
  • 67–73
 –
  • 61–63
  • 103–77
  • 69–71
  • 65–56
vs. Stonehill
  • 76–69
  • 59–61
  • 82–85OT
  • 68–55
  • 57–58
  • 74–58
 54–65
68–77		 66–63
61–54
  • 57–62OT
  • 75–72OT
 70–55
64–51
  • 63–61
  • 77–103
 –
  • 60–69
  • 68–57
vs. Wagner 62–55
84–67		 72–79
61–80
  • 68–61
  • 72–75OT
  • 69–67
  • 78–79
 67–57
83–65
  • 70–69
  • 80–83OT
  • 80–74
  • 62–65
  • 71–69
  • 56–65
  • 69–60
  • 57–68
 –
Record 12–6 5–13 8–10 10–8 15–3 10–8 9–9 5–13 8–10 8–10

Record against other conferences

Games against ranked non-conference opponents

The table below shows games played by NEC teams against opponents ranked by the Associated Press at the time of the game.

Date Visitor Home Site Score NEC record
Nov. 3 New Haven No. 4 UConn Gampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT UConn, 79‍–‍55[21] 0−1
Nov. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson No. 16 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA Iowa State, 88‍–‍50[36] 0−2
Nov. 17 Stonehill No. 16 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA Iowa State, 96‍–‍57[37] 0−3
Nov. 22 LIU No. 8 Illinois State Farm Center ● Champaign, IL Illinois, 98‍–‍58[38] 0−4
Dec. 17 Saint Francis No. 23 Florida O'Connell Center ● Gainesville, FL Florida, 102‍–‍61[39] 0–5
Dec. 29 LIU No. 23 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum ● Athens, GA Georgia, 89‍–‍74[40] 0–6
Dec. 29 New Haven No. 11 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium ● Nashville, TN Vanderbilt, 96‍–‍53[41] 0–7

Rankings

KenPom preseason and NET rankings

The table below shows the rankings of NEC teams among the 365 Division I teams throughout the season. The preseason ranking is the Pomeroy rating. The remaining weekly rankings are the NET rankings reported by the NCAA beginning with the initial release at the start of week 5. NET rankings are not updated during the NCAA tournament. The rankings shown for week 20 are the final rankings at the conclusion of regular-season and conference-tournament play.

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Pre
[17]		 Week 5[42] Week 6[43] Week 7[44] Week 8[45] Week 9[46] Week 10[47] Week 11[48] Week 12[49] Week 13[50] Week 14[51] Week 15[52] Week 16[53] Week 17[54] Week 18[55] Week 19[56] Week 20 Final
Central Connecticut 315 151 190 185 220 226 237 231 232 272 283 276 270 285 282 288
Chicago State 362 333 349 322 316 314 335 345 350 354 350 349 344 339 344 340
Fairleigh Dickinson 349 358 353 355 354 355 346 343 346 328 339 325 328 331 333 334
Le Moyne 339 289 281 282 299 298 304 283 277 267 276 280 280 288 287 290
LIU 287 187 189 191 196 194 169 190 189 202 183 187 195 198 195 200
Mercyhurst 359 268 304 320 312 313 314 295 312 291 285 287 283 282 278 275
New Haven 360 315 301 313 319 325 318 326 326 329 329 336 329 321 327 326
Saint Francis 345 359 363 360 358 359 361 354 354 348 354 352 354 353 354 353
Stonehill 331 339 335 342 336 345 340 340 338 341 327 335 339 337 335 332
Wagner 358 198 244 255 245 242 258 312 319 318 321 324 315 314 309 304

Mid-major polls

The NEC teams shown below were ranked or received votes in either the Mid-Major Madness or College Insider polls of mid-major teams. The Mid-Major Madness poll excludes teams from the Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences along with Gonzaga. Teams from the American, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Mountain West and Southeastern conferences along with Oregon State and Washington State are not eligible for inclusion in the College Insider poll.

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked or no votes previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in top 25
Team Poll Pre
[57][58]		 Week
2[59][60]		 Week
3[61][62]		 Week
4[63][64]		 Week
5[65][66]		 Week
6[67][68]		 Week
7[69][70]		 Week
8[71][72]		 Week
9[73][74]		 Week
10[75][76]		 Week
11[77][78]		 Week
12[79][80]		 Week
13[81][82]		 Week
14[83][84]		 Week
15[85][86]		 Week
16[87][88]		 Week
17[89][90]		 Week
18[91][92]		 Week
19[93]		 Week
20		 Final
Central Connecticut MMM — — — RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — — —
CI RV — — RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
LIU MMM — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
CI RV — RV — — — — — — — RV RV — RV RV — — RV RV

Awards and honors

All-NEC honors and awards

At the conclusion of the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches. Below are the results.[94]

Honor Recipient School
Player of the Year Darin Smith Jr. (Sophomore, Forward) Central Connecticut
Coach of the Year Rod Strickland LIU
Defensive Player of the Year Greg Gordon (Senior, Guard) LIU
Rookie of the Year David Jevtic (Freshman, Guard) Fairleigh Dickinson
Most Improved Player of the Year Max Frazier (Junior, Forward) Central Connecticut
All-NEC First Team Bernie Blunt III (Graduate, Guard) Mercyhurst
Malachi Davis ( Senior, Guard) LIU
Jamal Fuller (Graduate, Forward) LIU
Shilo Jackson (Graduate, Forward) Le Moyne
Darin Smith, Jr. (Sophomore, Forward) Central Connecticut
All-NEC Second Team Jabri Fitzpatrick (Junior, Guard) New Haven
Greg Gordon (Senior, Guard) LIU
Nick Jones (Junior, Guard) Wagner
Trent Mosquera ( Junior, Guard) Le Moyne
Jay Rodgers (Senior, Guard) Central Connecticut
All-NEC Third Team Max Frazier (Junior, Forward) Central Connecticut
Jake Lemelman (Sophomore, Guard) Mercyhurst
Joey Niesman (Graduate, Guard) Fairleigh Dickinson
CJ Ray (Senior, Forward) Chicago State
Skylar Wicks ( Senior, Guard/Forward) Saint Francis
All-NEC Defensive Team Max Frazier (Junior, Forward) Central Connecticut
Greg Gordon (Senior, Guard) LIU
Shilo Jackson (Graduate, Forward) Le Moyne
Qadir Martin (Sophomore, Forward) Mercyhurst
Chas Stinson (Senior, Guard) Stonehill
All-NEC Rookie Team Eli Greenberg (Freshman, Guard) Le Moyne
David Jevtic (Freshman, Guard) Fairleigh Dickinson
Roddy Jones ( Freshman, Guard) Central Connecticut
Ashton Reynolds (Freshman, Guard) Central Connecticut
Teshaun Steele (Freshman, Guard/Forward) New Haven

Weekly conference awards

Throughout the regular season, the NEC names players of the week and rookies of the week.

Media coverage

ESPNU will televise one conference regular-season game. YES will televise one conference regular-season game and both conference tournament semifinal games. SportsNet Pittsburgh+ and NESN+ will each broadcast one conference regular-season game. NESN Nation will stream all four games shown by YES and SportsNet Pittsburgh+. A simulcast of all five games broadcast by YES, SportsNet Pittsburgh+ and NESN+ will be streamed by ESPN+. In addition to the simulcasts, ESPN+ will exclusively stream two other conference regular-season games. The conference tournament final will be televised by ESPN2. All home games of NEC teams not televised by a conference media partner will be streamed by NEC Front Row, the conference's streaming platform. Ryz Sports Network will simulcast the NEC Front Row streams of 10 games of the week, including one of the conference tournament quarterfinal games.[111]

The 2026 NEC tournament final will mark the 39th consecutive year that the conference's championship game was broadcast on linear television by an ESPN network.[111]

Creator Sports Network will produce alternative streams of select NEC Front Row games with additional live commentary and interactive content alongside the game feed in the style of a Manningcast. Craig D'Amico will also stream select games in a similar format on the NEC's YouTube and Twitch channels.[111]

In addition to the conference's television agreements, six Fairleigh Dickinson home games will be broadcast by YES.[112]

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