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The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. The conference was founded in 1981 and known as the ECAC-Metro Conference until 1988.

Full Members (including non-football members)


There are eleven full-time member schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut 1849 Public 12,315
Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck and Hackensack, New Jersey 1942 Private/Non-sectarian 10,000
Long Island University-Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York 1926 Private/Non-sectarian 13,194
Monmouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey 1933 Private/Non-sectarian 5,600
Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, Maryland 1808 Private/Catholic 2,125
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut 1929 Private/Non-sectarian 6,500
Robert Morris University Moon Township, Pennsylvania 1921 Private/Non-sectarian 5,000
Sacred Heart University Fairfield, Connecticut 1963 Private/Catholic 6,100
Saint Francis College Brooklyn, New York 1858 Private/Catholic 2,400
Saint Francis University Loretto, Pennsylvania 1847 Private/Catholic 2,000
Wagner College Staten Island, New York 1883 Private/Lutheran 1,750

There are two partial (football-only) member schools:

Logos

Image:CCSU.JPG|Central Connecticut State Blue Devils Image:Knights.gif|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Image:LIU.jpg|Long Island Blackbirds Image:MonmouthHawks2.gif|Monmouth Hawks Image:MSMU.gif|Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Image:Quin 2585.gif|Quinnipiac Bobcats Image:Rmu.gif|Robert Morris Colonials Image:SacredHeartPioneers.gif|Sacred Heart Pioneers Image:SFNY.jpg|St. Francis (NY) Terriers Image:StFrancisRedFlash.gif|St. Francis (PA) Red Flash Image:Wagner.gif|Wagner Seahawks

Men's Basketball Champions


SeasonRegular Season ChampionTournament Champion
1982Fairleigh Dickinson (12-3)Robert Morris
1983Robert Morris (12-2)Robert Morris
1984LIU (11-5)LIU
1985Marist (11-3)Fairleigh Dickinson
1986Fairleigh Dickinson (13-3)Marist
1987Marist (15-1)Marist
1988Fairleigh Dickinson (13-3)Fairleigh Dickinson
1989Robert Morris (12-4)Robert Morris
1990Robert Morris (12-4)Robert Morris
1991St. Francis(PA) (13-3)St. Francis(PA)
1992Robert Morris (12-4)Robert Morris
1993Rider (14-4)Rider
1994Rider (14-4)Rider
1995Rider (13-5)Mt. St. Mary's
1996Mt. St. Mary's (16-2)Monmouth
1997LIU (15-3)LIU
1998LIU (14-2)Fairleigh Dickinson
1999UMBC (17-3)Mt. St. Mary's
2000Central Connecticut (15-3)Central Connecticut
2001St. Francis(NY) (16-4)Monmouth
2002Central Connecticut (19-1)Central Connecticut
2003Wagner (14-4)Wagner
2004Monmouth (12-6)Monmouth
2005Monmouth (14-4)Fairleigh Dickinson
2006Fairleigh Dickinson (14-4)Monmouth

Conference facilities


School Football stadium Stadium capacity Basketball arena Arena capacity
Central Connecticut Arute Field 2,500 William H. Detrick Gymnasium 3,200
Fairleigh Dickinson Non-Football School N/A Rothman Center 5,000
LIU Non-football school N/A Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center 3,000
Monmouth Kessler Field 4,600 William T. Boylan Gymnasium 2,500
Mount St. Mary's Non-Football School N/A Knott Arena 3,121
Quinnipiac Non-Football School N/A Burt Kahn Court 2,000
Robert Morris Joe Walton Stadium 3,000 Charles L. Sewall Center 3,056
Sacred Heart Campus Field 4,000 William H. Pitt Center 2,100
St. Francis (NY) Non-football school N/A Pope Physical Education Center 1,200
St. Francis (PA) Pine Bowl 1,500 DeGol Arena in the Maurice Stokes Athletic Center 3,500
Wagner Wagner College Stadium 3,000 Spiro Sports Center 2,100

External link


College athletics conferences

 

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