Northeast Conference

The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football (formerly Division I-AA) and to Division I Sports for all other sports.

Founded in 1981 as the ECAC

Eastern College Athletic Conference

The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 35 men's and women's sports...

-Metro Conference, member schools changed the conference name beginning in 1989. Participating schools come from the northeastern United States

Northeastern United States

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The Northeast Conference has expanded seven times since 1981. The expansions were in 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2008. The additions from the original charter members were Monmouth, Mount Saint Mary's, Central Connecticut State, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart and Bryant.

The Northeast Conference has a total of twelve members in 22 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. Men's lacrosse will become the league’s 23rd sport by the 2011 season. There are also eight affiliate members that compete in football, field hockey, and women's bowling. The Northeast Conference's ranks increased to 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University. Although Bryant is already in the conference it will not be a core member, a member with voting rights, until the 2012 season.

Membership

There are a total of twenty institutions that compete in the Northeast Conference twelve full-time member schools and eight affiliate member schools:

Full Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname
Bryant University Bryant University Bryant University is a private four-year university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College... †	Smithfield, RI Smithfield, Rhode Island Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the historic villages of Esmond, Georgiaville, Mountaindale, Hanton City and Greenville. The population was 20,613 at the 2000 census.-History:...	1863	Private	5,082	2008	Bulldogs Bryant Bulldogs The Bryant Bulldogs are the athletic teams representing Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The Bulldogs participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Northeast Conference. Bryant's largest rivalry during its Division II years was Bentley College, both founders of the...
Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. It is the oldest public university in Connecticut and ranks third oldest of all universities in Connecticut, having been founded in 1849.-History:...	New Britain, CT New Britain, Connecticut New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 71,254....	1849	Public	12,233	1997	Blue Devils
Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American private university founded in 1942. It is the largest private university in New Jersey and is the only college or university to physically offer instruction in all 21 counties in New Jersey...	Teaneck, NJ Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 39,260, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County...	1942	Private	12,158	1981	Knights
Long Island University Long Island University Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the state of New York in the United States .-History:...	Brooklyn, NY	1926	Private	24,170	1981	Blackbirds
Monmouth University Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....	West Long Branch, NJ West Long Branch, New Jersey West Long Branch is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,258. It is the home of Monmouth University....	1933	Private	7,440	1985	Hawks
Mount St. Mary's University Mount Saint Mary's University Mount St. Mary's University is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States...	Emmitsburg, MD Emmitsburg, Maryland Emmitsburg was founded in 1785 and is in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania.Emmitsburg's population was 2,290 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Mount St. Mary's University...	1808	Catholic	2,373	1989	Mountaineers
Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of...	Hamden, CT Hamden, Connecticut Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...	1929	Private	8,520	1998	Bobcats
Robert Morris University Robert Morris University This article is about the university in Pennsylvania. For the university in Illinois, see Robert Morris University .Robert Morris University is a private, coeducational university...	Moon Township, PA Moon Township, Pennsylvania Moon Township is a township along the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The origin of its name is unknown for certain, although it has been suggested that it derives from a crescent-shaped bend in the river. Moon is a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area as it is located ...	1921	Private	5,464	1981	Colonials
Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University is a Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, near the border with Bridgeport. Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 by Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. SHU was the first Catholic university in the United States to be...	Fairfield, CT Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Fairfield is a town of many neighborhoods, two of which—Southport and Greenfield Hill—are notably affluent. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of...	1963	Catholic	6,938	1999	Pioneers
Saint Francis College	Brooklyn, NY	1858	Catholic	2,953	1981	Terriers
Saint Francis University Saint Francis University Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...	Loretto, PA Loretto, Pennsylvania Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Loretto is located at ....	1847	Catholic	2,618	1981	Red Flash
Wagner College Wagner College Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,350 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...	Staten Island, NY	1883	Lutheran	2,775	1981	Seahawks

† - Bryant University becomes a core-member in 2012. They were granted voting rights in 2009, and began eligibility for certain conference championships in 2009.

Affiliates

Institution	Mascot	Location	Conference	Affiliation	Enrollment	Sport
Adelphi University Adelphi University Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York. A nationally accredited school, it is the oldest institution of higher learning on Long Island. In 2005 and 2006, the Princeton Review listed Adelphi as one of the Northeast's best...	Panthers	Garden City, New York Garden City, New York Garden City is a village in the Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the Town of...	Northeast 10 Northeast Ten Conference The Northeast Ten Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont....	Private	8,530	Women's Bowling
University at Albany University at Albany, The State University of New York The State University of New York at Albany, commonly known as the University at Albany, SUNY Albany, and UAlbany, is a public university located in the capital of New York State, and is the senior campus of the State University of New York system...	Great Danes Albany Great Danes -History:University at Albany intercollegiate athletics date back to the late 1890s, but its development was hampered for several decades by inadequate facilities, by uncertain financial support, and the relatively small number of male students in an institution designed to develop elementary...	Albany, New York Albany, New York Albany is a city in the United States of America; it is the capital of the state of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany is roughly 136 miles north of the city of New York, and slightly south of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. The city sits on the Hudson River and...	America East America East Conference The America East Conference is a mid-major college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. It was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester...	Public	17,040	Football
Duquesne University Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40...	Dukes Duquesne Dukes Duquesne Dukes is the name of the athletic teams of Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Duquesne has played men's basketball only in NCAA Division I and has played football as a club team from 1891-1894, 1896-1903, 1913-1914, and 1920-1928, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl...	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the second largest city in the state. Its population was 334,563 at the 2000 census; by 2006, it was estimated to have fallen to 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is...	Atlantic 10	Catholic	10,184	Football
Lock Haven University Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, in central Pennsylvania located along the Susquehanna River, and is roughly from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. Lock Haven University is one of the fourteen members of the...	Bald Eagles	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Lock Haven is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of and is included in the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, micropolitan statistical area, part...	PSAC Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The conference is composed of 16 full-time members within Pennsylvania and one associate member in New York...	Public	5,500	Field Hockey
Kutztown University Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown University of Pennsylvania , is an American public university located in rural Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania and is one of fourteen schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary...	Golden Bears Kutztown University Athletics Kutztown University of Pennsylvania sports eight men's and 13 women's intercollegiate sports. The university provides a large array of intramural and club sports programs for the student body...	Kutztown, Pennsylvania Kutztown, Pennsylvania Kutztown is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, west southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2000 census, the borough has a total population of 5,067. It is the site of Kutztown University.- History :...	PSAC Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The conference is composed of 16 full-time members within Pennsylvania and one associate member in New York...	Public	10,193	Women's Bowling
Rider University Rider University Rider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...	Broncs Rider Broncs The Rider Broncs are a MAAC team. They are the only member which is not a catholic institution.The school competes in the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s...	Lawrenceville, New Jersey Lawrenceville, New Jersey Lawrenceville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,081...	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	Private	5,039	Field Hockey
Saint Peter's College	Peacocks	Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's second-largest city, behind Newark. As of the Census Bureau's 2007 estimate, the population had grown to 242,389...	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	Catholic	3,700	Women's Bowling
Siena College Siena College Siena College is an independent Catholic Liberal Arts College in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937...	Saints	Loudonville, New York Loudonville, New York Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States. Loudonville was a census-designated place in the 1990 census but not in the 2000 census.The area is not precisely defined...	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	Catholic	3,705	Field Hockey

Former members

Institution	Affiliation	Years	New Conference	Classification
Towson University Towson University Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is an American public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA...	Charter Member	1981–1982	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in...	NCAA Division I
Siena College Siena College Siena College is an independent Catholic Liberal Arts College in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937...	Charter Member	1981–1984	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	NCAA Division I
Loyola College Loyola College in Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit private university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit...	Charter Member	1981–1989	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	NCAA Division I
Marist College Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres , located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9...	Charter Member	1981–1997	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	NCAA Division I
Rider University Rider University Rider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...	Full Member	1992–1997	MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...	NCAA Division I
UMBC	Full Member	1998–2003	America East America East Conference The America East Conference is a mid-major college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. It was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester...	NCAA Division I

Men's Basketball Champions

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
1982	Fairleigh Dickinson (12–3)	Robert Morris
1983	Robert Morris (12–2)	Robert Morris
1984	Long Island (11–5)	Long Island
1985	Marist (11–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1986	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Marist
1987	Marist (15–1)	Marist
1988	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1989	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1990	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1991	St. Francis (PA) (13–3)	St. Francis (PA)
1992	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1993	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1994	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1995	Rider (13–5)	Mount Saint Mary's
1996	Mount Saint Mary's (16–2)	Monmouth
1997	Long Island (15–3)	Long Island
1998	Long Island (14–2)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1999	UMBC (17–3)	Mount Saint Mary's
2000	Central Connecticut St. (15–3)	Central Connecticut St.
2001	St. Francis (NY) (16–4)	Monmouth
2002	Central Connecticut St. (19–1)	Central Connecticut St.
2003	Wagner (14–4)	Wagner
2004	Monmouth (12–6)	Monmouth
2005	Monmouth (14–4)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2006	Fairleigh Dickinson (14–4)	Monmouth
2007	Central Connecticut St. (16–2)	Central Connecticut St.
2008	Robert Morris (16–2)	Mount Saint Mary's
2009	Robert Morris (15-3)	Robert Morris

Tournament Championships by School

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Robert Morris Robert Morris University This article is about the university in Pennsylvania. For the university in Illinois, see Robert Morris University .Robert Morris University is a private, coeducational university...	6	2009
Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American private university founded in 1942. It is the largest private university in New Jersey and is the only college or university to physically offer instruction in all 21 counties in New Jersey...	4	2005
Monmouth Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....	4	2006
Mount St. Mary's	3	2008
Central Connecticut St. Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. It is the oldest public university in Connecticut and ranks third oldest of all universities in Connecticut, having been founded in 1849.-History:...	3	2007
Long Island Long Island University Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the state of New York in the United States .-History:...	2	1997
Marist Marist Red Foxes Marist College plays NCAA Division I athletics, in the MAAC Conference. Other schools in this conference include Siena College, Iona College, Niagara University, Manhattan College, Fairfield University, Loyola College in Maryland, Canisius College, Rider University, and Saint Peter's... †	2	1987
Rider Rider Broncs The Rider Broncs are a MAAC team. They are the only member which is not a catholic institution.The school competes in the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s... †	2	1994
St. Francis (PA) Saint Francis University Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...	1	1991
Wagner Wagner College Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,350 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...	1	2003

• ^†Former member of NEC

Football Champions

4 — Robert Morris

3 — Albany

1 — Central Connecticut State

1 — Sacred Heart

0 — Bryant

0 — Duquesne

0 — Saint Francis (PA)

0 — Wagner