2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season
2015–16 Northeast Conference women'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
WNBA Draft
Regular Season
First place	Sacred Heart
Runners-up	Bryant
Season MVP	Hannah Kimmel, SHU
NEC Tournament
Champions	Robert Morris
Finals MVP	Anna Niki Stamolamprou, RMU
Northeast Conference women's basketball seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Sacred Heart	16	–	2	.889	20	–	13	.606
Bryant	14	–	4	.778	18	–	13	.581
Robert Morris†	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Saint Francis (PA)	11	–	7	.611	15	–	17	.469
Central Connecticut	9	–	9	.500	12	–	18	.400
Fairleigh Dickinson	8	–	10	.444	11	–	21	.344
LIU Brooklyn	7	–	11	.389	9	–	21	.300
Mount St. Mary's	7	–	11	.389	9	–	21	.300
St. Francis Brooklyn	4	–	14	.222	7	–	22	.241
Wagner	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172


† 2016 NEC tournament winner As of March 19, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2016 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Preseason

() first place votes

Coaches Poll^[2]
Hannah Kimmel Sacred Heart Erika Livermore Fairleigh Dickinson Jasmine Nwajei Wagner Breanna Rucker Bryant Anna Niki Robert Morris

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
Bryant	Mary Burke	Bryant	24	345–344
Central Connecticut	Beryl Piper	Central Connecticut	8	112–128
Fairleigh Dickinson	Peter Cinella	American International College	8	84–154
LIU Brooklyn	Stephanie Oliver	Seton Hall	0	0–0
Mount St. Mary's	Bryan Whitten	Virginia Commonwealth	8	96–145
Robert Morris	Sal Buscaglia	Manhattan	11	188–150
Sacred Heart	Jessica Mannetti	Hofstra	2	28–31
St. Francis Brooklyn	John Thurston	Fordham	3	45–49
Saint Francis (PA)	Joe Haigh	Saint Francis (PA)	3	38–56
Wagner	Lisa Cermignano	Illinois	3	18–69

Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 6 NEC Front Row			Semifinals Saturday, March 9 NEC Front Row			Championship Tuesday, March 13 ESPNU

1	Sacred Heart	66

8	Mount St. Mary's	47
			1	Sacred Heart	92

			4	Saint Francis (PA)	71
4	Saint Francis (PA)	83

5	Central Connecticut	77
						1	Sacred Heart	51
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						3	Robert Morris	56
2	Bryant	70

7	LIU Brooklyn	56
			2	Bryant	59

			3	Robert Morris	72
3	Robert Morris	68

6	Fairleigh Dickinson	59

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

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
16	Bridgeport Regional	Robert Morris	L, 49–101 vs. #16 Connecticut

Seed	Bracket	School	1st Round	2nd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
		Sacred Heart	L, 59–95 vs. Drake

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 NEC Women's Basketball Individual Awards^[3]
Player of the Year	Hannah Kimmel, SHU
Coach of the Year	Jessica Mannetti, SHU
Defensive Player of the Year	Leah Fechko, SFBK
Rookie of the Year	Jessica Kovatch, SFU
Most Improved Player of the Year	Alissa Tarsi, SHU

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2016 NEC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Hannah Kimmel, Jr., F., SHU Erika Livermore, Sr., C., FDU Jasmine Nwajei, Jr., G., WC Breanna Rucker, Sr., F., BRYANT Leah Fechko, Sr., G., SFBK	Ivory Bailey, So., G., BRY Kelsey Cruz, Sr., G., FDU Jessica Kovatch, Fr., G., SFU Anna Nicki Stamolamprou, Jr., G., RMU Alissa Tarsi, Sr., F., SHU	Alexis Carter, Jr., G., MSM Shanovia Dove, Jr., G., LIU Camden Musgrave, So., G., CCSU Shanice Vaughn, Sr., G., LIU Tiersa Winder, Sr., G., BRY	Madelynn Comly, Fr., G., FDU Jessica Kovatch, Fr., G., SFU Maria Palarino, Fr., F., SFBK Kierra Palmer, Fr., G., BRY Kiana Patterson, Fr., G., CCSU
† - denotes unanimous selection