2021–22 Northeast Conference men's basketball season explained

2021–22 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	NEC Front Row, ESPN2, MSG, FCS, Regional Sports Networks
Draft:	NBA Draft
Draft Link:	2022 NBA draft
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Bryant
Season Champ Name:	First place
Second Place:	Wagner
Mvp:	Alex Morales (Wagner)
Mvp Link:	Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Peter Kiss (Bryant)
Finals:	NEC tournament
Finals Link:	2022 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Bryant
Finals Runner-Up:	Wagner
Finals Mvp:	Peter Kiss (Bryant)
Finals Mvp Link:	Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslistnames:	Northeast Conference men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	2020–21 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2020–21
Nextseason Link:	2022–23 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	2022–23

The 2021–22 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and ended in February 2022.

The NEC tournament was held in March with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.

Changes from last season

On March 5, 2021, it was announced that Central Connecticut head coach Donyell Marshall, was stepping down after five years with the Blue Devils. On May 14, Central Connecticut hired Fairfield assistant coach Patrick Sellers as his replacement.^[1]

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous position	Year at school	Overall record	NEC record	NEC tournament championships
style=	Bryant	Jared Grasso	Iona (asst.)	4			0
style=	Central Connecticut	Patrick Sellers	Fairfield (asst.)	1			0
style=	Fairleigh Dickinson	Greg Herenda	UMass Lowell	9			2
style=	LIU	Derek Kellogg	UMass	5			1
style=	Merrimack	Joe Gallo	Robert Morris (asst.)	6			0
style=	Mount St. Mary's	Dan Engelstad	Southern Vermont	4			0
style=	Sacred Heart	Anthony Latina	Sacred Heart (asst.)	9			0
style=	St. Francis Brooklyn	Glenn Braica	St. John's (asst.)	12			0
style=	Saint Francis (PA)	Rob Krimmel	Saint Francis (asst.)	10			0
style=	Wagner	Bashir Mason	Wagner (asst.)	10			0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
• Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2021–22 season. Because the current LIU athletic program inherited the athletic history of LIU Brooklyn, Kellogg's record includes his two seasons at LIU Brooklyn before the LIU athletic merger.
• Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

^[2]

Rank	Team
1.	Wagner (7)
2.	Bryant (2)
3.	Mount St. Mary's (1)
4.	Long Island
5.	Merrimack
6.	Sacred Heart
7.	St. Francis Brooklyn
8.	Saint Francis (PA)
9.	Fairleigh Dickinson
10.	Central Connecticut

first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team

^[3]

Recipient	School
Ty Flowers, (Senior, Forward)	LIU
Elijah Ford, (Senior, Guard)	Wagner
Peter Kiss, (Senior, Guard)	Bryant
Alex Morales, (Senior, Guard)	Wagner
Eral Penn, (R-Senior, Forward)	LIU
Tyler Thomas, (Junior, Guard)	Sacred Heart

NEC regular season

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week
November 15, 2021^[4]	Alex Morales, WAG	Joe Ostrowsky, CCSU
November 22, 2021^[5]	Peter Kiss, BRY	Ibrahim Wattara, FDU
November 29, 2021^[6]	Josh Cohen, SFPA Jordan Minor, MER	Jayden Brown, CCSU
December 6, 2021^[7]	Nigel Scantlebury, CCSU	Andre Snoddy, CCSU
December 13, 2021^[8]	Charles Pride, BRY	Jayden Brown (2), CCSU
December 20, 2021^[9]	Eral Penn, LIU	Jaylin Gibson, MSM
December 27, 2021^[10]	Alex Morales (2), WAG	Zaire Williams, WAG
January 3, 2022^[11]	Jordan Minor (2), MER Ty Flowers, LIU	Sebastien Lamaute, FDU
January 10, 2022^[12]	Alex Morales (3), WAG	Andre Snoddy (2), CCSU
January 19, 2022^[13]	Peter Kiss (2), BRY Ty Flowers (2), LIU	Andre Snoddy (3), CCSU
January 25, 2022^[14]	Alex Morales (4), WAG Ty Flowers (3), LIU	Anquan Hill, FDU
February 1, 2022^[15]	Alex Morales (5), WAG Jalen Benjamin, MSM	Andre Snoddy (4), CCSU
February 7, 2022^[16]	Charles Pride (2), BRY	Andre Snoddy (5), CCSU
February 14, 2022^[17]	Ty Flowers (4), LIU	Anquan Hill (2), FDU
February 21, 2022^[18]	Peter Kiss (3), BRY	Andre Snoddy (6), CCSU Tanner Thomas, SHU
February 28, 2022^[19]	Peter Kiss (4), BRY Eral Penn (2), LIU	Anquan Hill (3), FDU

School	Player of the week Awards	Rookie of the week Awards
style=	Bryant	6	0
style=	Central Connecticut	1	9
style=	Fairleigh Dickinson	0	5
style=	LIU	6	0
style=	Merrimack	2	0
style=	Mount St. Mary's	1	1
style=	Sacred Heart	0	1
style=		0	0
style=	Saint Francis (PA)	1	0
style=	Wagner	5	1

Against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2021–22 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Conference	Outcome
America East	9–12
AAC	0–3
ACC	0–4
	2–8
Big East	0–9
Big South	0–1
Big Ten	0–7

Conference	Outcome
	0–3
Horizon League	1–2
	2–6
	2–5
Mid-American	0–2
	5–0
Mountain West Conference	0–1

Conference	Outcome
Patriot League	7–6
SEC	0–1
Southland	0–1
SWAC	0–1
The Summit	0–1
WCC	0–3
Total

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Bryant	CCSU	FDU	LIU	Merrimack	MSMU	Sacred Heart	SFB	SFU	Wagner
CCSU	FDU	LIU	MC	MSM	SHU	SFBK	SFU	WU -->	vs. Bryant	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1
vs. Central Conn.	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. LIU	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0
vs. Merrimack	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1
vs. Mount St. Mary's	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0
vs. Sacred Heart	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0
vs. St. Francis Brooklyn	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	2–0
vs. Saint Francis (PA)	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	2–0
vs. Wagner	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	–
CCSU	FDU	LIU	MC	MSM	SHU	SFBK	SFU	WU -->
Total	16–2	5–13	5–13	12–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	5–13	15–3

All-NEC honors and awards

At the conclusion of the regular season, the conference selects outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches, below are the results.^[20]

Honor	Recipient
Player of the Year	Alex Morales, WAG
Coach of the Year	Jared Grasso, BRY
Defensive Player of the Year	Alex Morales, WAG
Rookie of the Year	Anquan Hill, FDU
Most Improved Player of the Year	Josh Cohen, SFPA
All-NEC First Team	Ty Flowers, LIU
	Peter Kiss, BRY
	Alex Morales, WAG
	Eral Penn, LIU
	Charles Pride, BRY

Honor	Recipient
All-NEC Second Team	Jalen Benjamin, MSM
	Michael Cubbage, SFBK
	Will Martinez, WAG
	Jordan Minor, MER
	Raekwon Rogers, WAG
All-NEC Third Team	Aaron Clarke, SHU
	Elijah Ford, WAG
	Mezie Offurum, MSM
	Nana Opoku, MSM
	Tyler Thomas, SHU
All-NEC Rookie Team	Oscar Berry, FDU
	Anquan Hill, FDU
	Sebastien Lamaute, FDU
	Andre Snoddy, CCSU
	Zaire Williams, WAG

Postseason

NEC tournament

See main article: 2022 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament.

• 2022 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at higher seed campus sites

* denotes overtime period.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

See also

• 2021–22 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

External links

• NEC website

Notes and References

1. News: Patrick Sellers Introduced as Men's Basketball Head Coach. CCSU. May 4, 2022.
2. Web site: Seahawk Stock Soaring! Wagner Lands Top Spot In 2021-22 NEC Preseason Men’s Basketball Poll . Northeastconference.org . 3 May 2022.
3. Web site: 2021-22 Preseason All-NEC Men’s Basketball Team Unveiled . Northeastconference.org . 3 May 2022.
4. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (11/15). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
5. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (11/22). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
6. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (11/29). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
7. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (12/6). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
8. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (12/13). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
9. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (12/20). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
10. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (12/27). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
11. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/3). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
12. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/10). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
13. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/19). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
14. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/25). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
15. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/1). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
16. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/7). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
17. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/14). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
18. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/21). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
19. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (2/28). northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.
20. Web site: Two-For-2: Wagner's Alex Morales Repeats As #NECMBB Player of the Year. northeastconference.org. en. May 3, 2022.