2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	9
Site	Campus sites
Television	NEC Front Row, ESPNU,
Northeast Conference women's basketball tournaments

The 2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament took place March 5, 7, 10, and 13, 2022 and all tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The tournament winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2021–22 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson	15	–	3		.833			19	–	12		.613
St. Francis Brooklyn	13	–	5		.722			17	–	10		.630
Mount St. Mary's †	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
Wagner	10	–	8		.556			17	–	12		.586
LIU	9	–	9		.500			9	–	18		.333
Saint Francis (PA)	8	–	10		.444			8	–	22		.267
Merrimack*	7	–	11		.389			9	–	17		.346
Bryant	6	–	12		.333			10	–	22		.313
Sacred Heart	6	–	12		.333			8	–	17		.320
Central Connecticut	5	–	13		.278			6	–	20		.231
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2022 NEC tournament winner

Seeds

All nine of the eligible ten teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers used by the NEC are 1) head-to-head records of teams with identical records, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Northeast Conference regular-season play.

• Note: Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference. The Warriors will not be eligible for the NEC Tournament until 2024.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Fairleigh Dickinson	15-3
2	St. Francis Brooklyn	13-5
3	Mount St. Mary's	11-7
4	Wagner	10-8
5	LIU	9-9
6	St. Francis (PA)	8-10
7	Bryant	6-12	2-0 vs. Sacred Heart
8	Sacred Heart	6-12	0-2 vs. Bryant
9	Central Connecticut	5-13

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening Round – Saturday, March 5
1	1	7:00 pm	No. 9 Central Connecticut at No. 8 Sacred Heart	58-62	NEC Front Row
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 7
2	2	7:00 pm	No. 8 Sacred Heart at No. 1 Farleigh Dickinson	58-66	NEC Front Row
	3	7:00 pm	No. 5 LIU at No. 4 Wagner	55-66
3	4	7:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 2 St. Francis Brooklyn	65-53
	5	7:00 pm	No. 6 St. Francis (PA) at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's	53-69
Semifinals – Thursday, March 10
4	6	7:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 1 Farleigh Dickinson	44-38	NEC Front Row
	7	7:00 pm	No. 4 Wagner at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's	50-62
Championship – Sunday, March 13
5	8	12:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's		ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Opening Round Saturday, March 5 NEC Front Row					Quarterfinals Monday, March 7 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Thursday, March 10 NEC Front Row					Championship Sunday, March 13 ESPNU
						1	Fairleigh Dickinson	69
						8	Sacred Heart	53
	8	Sacred Heart	62
	9	Central Connecticut	58
											1	Farleigh Dickinson	33
											7	Bryant	44
						4	Wagner	65
						5	LIU	55
																7	Bryant	42
																3	Mount St. Mary's	60
						2	St. Francis Brooklyn	63
						7	Bryant	65
											3	Mount St. Mary's	62
											4	Wagner	50
						3	Mount St. Mary's	69
						6	St. Francis (PA)	53

* denotes overtime period.