The turbo-charged Bryant offense took the country by storm last year, but it was Mount St. Mary’s oversized, methodical style that earned the NEC’s auto-bid. Will one of those two reign in 2021-22? Plenty of challengers lurk if not…
Read moreNEC Tournament Preview 2021
This year’s NEC was a parity party, and everyone was invited. Unfortunately, not every team was invited to the postseason tournament. In just a 4-team bracket, Wagner and Bryant look to duke it out for auto-bid rights.
Read moreNEC 2020-21 Preview
The NEC is wide open at the top with five or six teams having legit title hopes. Jahlil Jenkins-led FDU has the best offense in the league, but do the Knights have the defense to hold off the hungry hoard below them in these preseason standings?
Read moreWest Region Preview: 2018-19 NCAA Tournament
This is the beginning of How the West was Won… Gonzaga owns the 1-seed but the Michigan Wolverines thrive in March. Can Nevada make up for a disappointing regular season? Can Murray State make it into the Second Round behind superstar Ja Morant? Will a potential Buffalo / Texas Tech matchup result in more bruises than a car accident?
Read moreFirst Four Previews 2019 - Tuesday Night
The NCAA Tournament kicks off in Dayton on Tuesday night with two matchups to whet your appetite. Coaching legends clash in Belmont vs. Temple, while Fairleigh Dickinson and Prairie View A&M battle for the privilege of heading to Salt Lake City to take on the Zags…
Read moreNEC Tournament Preview 2019
The fight for Dayton begins in earnest on Wednesday night, as the NEC Tournament kicks off at campus sites throughout the league. St. Francis (PA) is looking for its first NCAA bid since 1991, while St. Francis Brooklyn is looking for its first bid since…ever.
Read moreNortheast 2018-19 Preview
The clear favorite here is Rob Krimmel’s Red Flash, as St. Francis returns a plethora of offensive weapons. The tier behind them offers some challengers, but the NEC will likely be “seeing red” this year…
Read moreNEC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Only one of the 8 teams that qualified for the NEC championship finished with a sub .500 record in league play - the tourney field is wide open, but Wagner's balance on both sides of the ball makes them the favorite to punch the NEC's ticket to the big dance.
Read more2016-17 Northeast Conference Tournament Preview
While most figured the defending regular season champion Wagner Seahawks would reign supreme yet again in 2016-17, Elijah Long and the Mountaineers had other plans. Can 'The Mount' finish what they started, or will Wagner end their recent conference tournament woes and finally punch their ticket to the dance?
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