2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

The 2014–15 NEC men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March with the 2015 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament.

2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)NEC Front Row, ESPN2, MSG, FCS, Regional Sports Networks
Regular Season
First placeSt. Francis Brooklyn
  Runners-upRobert Morris
Season MVPJalen Cannon, SFBK
Top scorerDyami Starks, BU
Tournament
ChampionsRobert Morris
  Runners-upSt. Francis Brooklyn
Finals MVPRodney Prior, RMU
Northeast Conference men's basketball seasons
← 2013–14
2014–15 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
St. Francis Brooklyn 15 3   .833 23 12   .657
Robert Morris 12 6   .667 20 15   .571
Bryant 12 6   .667 16 15   .516
Mount St. Mary's 11 7   .611 15 15   .500
Saint Francis 9 9   .500 16 16   .500
Sacred Heart 9 9   .500 15 17   .469
LIU Brooklyn 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
Wagner 8 10   .444 10 20   .333
Fairleigh Dickinson 3 15   .167 8 21   .276
Central Connecticut 3 15   .167 5 26   .161
2015 NEC tournament winner

Preseason

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Rankings

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NEC Coaches Poll[1]
1. St. Francis Brooklyn (6)
2. Central Connecticut (3)
3. Saint Francis (PA) (1)
4. Robert Morris
5. Mount St. Mary's
6. Bryant
7. Wagner
8. LIU Brooklyn
9. Fairleigh Dickinson
10. Sacred Heart

() first place votes

All-NEC team

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Coaches Poll[2]

Earl Brown Saint Francis (PA)
Jalen Cannon St. Francis Brooklyn
Lucky Jones Robert Morris
Dyami Starks Bryant
Kyle Vinales Central Connecticut

Head coaches

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Team Head coach Previous school Seasons at school Overall record NEC record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Bryant Tim O'Shea Ohio 7 57–124 31–57 0 0 0
Central Connecticut Howie Dickenman Connecticut (asst.) 19 273–260 181–127 3 0 0
Fairleigh Dickinson Greg Herenda UMass Lowell 2 10–21 6–10 0 0 0
LIU Brooklyn Jack Perri Long Island (assoc. HC) 3 29–34 16–18 1 0 0
Mount St. Mary's Jamion Christian VCU (asst.) 3 34–31 20–14 1 0 0
Robert Morris Andrew Toole Robert Morris (asst.) 5 90–51 54–17 0 0 0
Sacred Heart Anthony Latina Sacred Heart (asst.) 2 5–26 2–14 0 0 0
St. Francis Brooklyn Glenn Braica St. John's (asst.) 5 60–62 39–31 0 0 0
Saint Francis (PA) Rob Krimmel Saint Francis (PA) (asst.) 3 15–45 12–22 0 0 0
Wagner Bashir Mason Wagner (asst.) 3 38–24 24–10 0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2014–15 season.
  • Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2014–15 season.
  • Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

NEC regular season

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Conference matrix

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This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

  Bryant Central Conn. Fairleigh Dickinson LIU Br'klyn Mount St. Mary's Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. Francis Br'klyn Saint Francis (PA) Wagner
vs. Bryant 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Central Conn. 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. LIU Br'klyn 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0
vs. Mount St. Mary's 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Robert Morris 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Sacred Heart 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. St. Francis Br'klyn 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Saint Francis (PA) 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
vs. Wagner 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Total 12–6 3–15 3–15 8–10 11–7 12-6 9-9 15-3 9-9 8–10

Player of the week

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Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.[3][4] Jalen Cannon garnered 5 player of the week honors and St. Francis Brooklyn all programs with 6. Marcquise Reed led all freshman with 6 player of the week honors, Cane Broom came in second with 5 and in week 4 won both Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week.

Week (Date) Player of the week Freshman of the week
1 (Nov. 17, 2014) De'von Barnett, SHU Marcquise Reed, RMU
2 (Nov. 24, 2014) Rodney Pryor, RMU Nura Zanna, LIU
3 (Dec. 1, 2014) Jalen Cannon, SFBK JoJo Cooper, WC
4 (Dec. 8, 2014) Cane Broome, SHU Cane Broome, SHU
5 (Dec. 15, 2014) Rodney Pryor, RMU Elvar Fridriksson, LIU
6 (Dec. 22, 2014) Earl Brown, SFU Cane Broome, SHU
7 (Dec. 29, 2014) Jalen Cannon, SFBK Marcquise Reed, RMU
8 (Jan. 6, 2015) Jalen Cannon, SFBK
Earl Brown, SFU
Marcquise Reed, RMU
Darian Anderson, FDU
9 (Jan. 12, 2015) Dan Garvin, BU Nura Zanna, LIU
10 (Jan. 19, 2015) Brent Jones, SFBK Marcquise Reed, RMU
11 (Jan. 26, 2015) Martin Hermannsson, LIU
Marcus Burton, WC
Cane Broome, SHU
12 (Feb. 2, 2015) Marcus Burton, WC Marcquise Reed, RMU
13 (Feb. 9, 2015) Jalen Cannon, SFBK Marcquise Reed, RMU
14 (Feb. 16, 2015) Dyami Starks, BU Martin Hermannsson, LIU
15 (Feb. 23, 2015) Jalen Cannon, SFBK Cane Broome, SHU
16 (Mar. 2, 2015) Rodney Prior, RMU Cane Broome, SHU

Postseason

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NEC tournament

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  • March 4–10, 2015 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 4
NEC Front Row, MSG+2, FCS and Cox Sports
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
(reseeded)
NEC Front Row, MSG+, FCS
Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN2
 
         
1 St. Francis Brooklyn 79
8 LIU Brooklyn 70
1 St. Francis Brooklyn 62
5 Saint Francis (PA) 48
4 Mount St. Mary's 58
5 Saint Francis (PA) 73
1 St. Francis Brooklyn 63
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Robert Morris 66
2 Robert Morris 91
7 Wagner 68
2 Robert Morris 66
3 Bryant 53
3 Bryant 91**
6 Sacred Heart 85

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

NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School First Four 2nd Round 3rd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
16 South Robert Morris W, 81–77 vs. #16 North Florida(Dayton) L, 56–85 vs. #1 Duke(Charlotte)

National Invitational tournament

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Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
8 Richmond St. Francis Brooklyn L, 74–84 vs. #1 Richmond

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

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Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifianls Championship
Saint Francis (PA) L, 64–67 vs. Bowling Green

Honors and awards

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All-Americans

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Starting on March 6, the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans were released for 2014–15 season, based upon selections by the four major syndicates. The four syndicates include the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News.

All-NEC awards and teams

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2015 NEC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[5]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Jalen Cannon, St. Francis Brooklyn
Coach of the Year Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn
Defensive Player of the Year Amdy Fall, St. Francis Brooklyn
Rookie of the Year Marcquise Reed, Robert Morris
Most Improved Player of the Year Matt Mobley, Central Connecticut
2015 NEC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Rookie Team
Earl Brown, Sr., F., SFU
Marcus Burton, Sr., G., WC
Jalen Cannon, Sr., F., SFBK
Brent Jones, Sr., G., SFBK
Dyami Starks, Sr., G., BU
Dan Garvin, So., F., BU
Lucky Jones, Sr., G., RMU
Matt Mobley, So., G., CCSU
Rodney Prior, Jr., G., RMU
Marcquise Reed, Fr., G., RMU
Byron Ashe, So., G., MSM
Gregory Graves, Jr., F., MSM
Evan Kelly, Sr., G., SHU
Gerrell Martin, Sr., G., LIU
Joe O'Shea, Sr., G., BU
Cane Broome, Fr., G., SHU
Martin Hermannsson, Fr., G., LIU
Marcquise Reed, Fr., G., RMU
Junior Robinson, Fr., G., MSM
Nura Zanna, Fr., F., LIU
- denotes unanimous selection

Milestones and records

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  • On January 4, 2015, head coach Andrew Toole of Robert Morris became the quickest to 100 wins in NEC history, needing just 160 games to get there.[6]
  • On February 7, 2015, senior forward Jalen Cannon of the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers became the all-time rebounds leader in Northeast Conference history.[7]

See also

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2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

References

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  1. ^ "Terrier First! St. Francis Brooklyn Tops 2014-15 NEC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". Northeastconference.org/. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Experienced Five Make Up Preseason All-NEC Men's Basketball Team". northeastconference.org. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball NEC Player of the Week 2014-15". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball NEC Rookie of the Week 2014-15". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "St. Francis Brooklyn's Jalen Cannon Named NEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Release (1/26/2015)". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Cannon hits NEC milestone in 66-51 St. Francis Brooklyn win". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
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