2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 8, 11, and 15, 2015. The 2015 Northeast Conference Tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on March 8 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on March 11, and the finals on March 15.[1] The champions, St. Francis Brooklyn, earned a trip to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

2015 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn (1st title)
Winning coach	John Thurston (1st title)
MVP	Sarah Benedetti (SFBK)
Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2014–15 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bryant	14	–	4		.778			22	–	9		.710
Central Connecticut	14	–	4		.778			19	–	13		.594
Robert Morris	13	–	5		.722			17	–	15		.531
Sacred Heart	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
St. Francis Brooklyn†	9	–	9		.500			15	–	19		.441
Fairleigh Dickinson	7	–	11		.389			10	–	20		.333
LIU Brooklyn	6	–	12		.333			9	–	21		.300
Mount St. Mary's	6	–	12		.333			8	–	22		.267
Wagner	5	–	13		.278			7	–	22		.241
Saint Francis (PA)	5	–	13		.278			6	–	23		.207
† 2015 NEC Tournament winner As of March 15, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Wednesday, March 11 (reseeded) ESPN3					Championship Sunday, March 15 ESPNU
	1	Central Connecticut	72
	8	LIU Brooklyn	51
						1	Central Connecticut	63
						5	St. Francis Brooklyn	71^2OT
	4	Sacred Heart	59
	5	St. Francis Brooklyn	77
		(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)									5	St. Francis Brooklyn	77
											3	Robert Morris	62
	2	Bryant	76
	7	Mount Saint Mary's	54
						2	Bryant	62
						3	Robert Morris	68
	3	Robert Morris	89
	6	Fairleigh Dickinson	61

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

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[2]

Name	School
Sarah Benedetti	St. Francis Brooklyn
Jaymee Veney	St. Francis Brooklyn
Anna Niki Stamolamprou	Robert Morris
Rebeca Navarro	Robert Morris
Breanna Rucker	Bryant

References

1. "2015 NEC Women's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. "Terrier Takeover! St. Francis Brooklyn Wins First NEC Women's Basketball Title, 77-62, Over RMU". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved March 14, 2015.