The 2017–18 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on April 2, 2018. Practices offici ...
in November. Conference play started in late December and concluded in February 2018.
The
NEC tournament will be held from March 1 through March 7 with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
On April 18, 2017, LIU Brooklyn announced
Derek Kellogg
Derek William Kellogg (born June 20, 1973) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Creighton. Kellogg previously served as head coach of the Massachusetts Minutemen, his alma mater, being named to t ...
as the 14th head coach in program history. Kellogg replaced
Jack Perri
John Perri (born 1975) is the head men's basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University. He previously served as the head men's basketball coach for LIU Brooklyn from 2012 to 2017, and was the head coach at Rhode Island College from 2004 to ...
, whose contract was not renewed; Perri became an assistant at
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...
.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
* Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2017–18 season.
* Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.
Preseason
Preseason coaches poll
Source
''() first place votes''
Preseason All-NEC team
Source
NEC regular season
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this 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.
Source
Postseason
NEC tournament
* March, 2018 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.
''All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed''
NCAA tournament
National Invitational Tournament
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
All-NEC honors and awards
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.
References
External links
NEC website
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