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NEC Announces Expansion Of 2022 NEC Basketball Tournament, Maintains Current Cancellation & Forfeit Policy
Posted: Dec 26, 2021

NEC Announces Expansion Of 2022 NEC Basketball Tournament, Maintains Current Cancellation & Forfeit Policy

Somerset, NJ -- Northeast Conference (NEC) administrators today approved a one-time expansion of the 2022 NEC Men's and Women's Tournament fields to include all nine eligible teams.

NEC administrators also voted to maintain the league's basketball game cancellation and forfeit policy.

The policy reads as follows:

  • If a team is unable to compete due to COVID-19 related issues, the NEC contest will not be rescheduled and will be considered a forfeit. For purposes of conference regular season standings and tiebreakers, a forfeit will count as an NEC win for the team that was cleared to compete, and a loss for the team that could not compete.
  • If two opponents are unable to compete due to COVID-19 issues, both teams shall be deemed to have forfeited and each team will be charged with a loss.
  • As per NCAA policy, a COVID-19 related forfeit will not change a team's official won-lost record, nor will it impact statistics or coaching records.
  • In the event of a forfeit during an NEC championship, the bracket will not be modified and the team cleared to compete will advance
  • The conference reserved the right reassess the policy at any point during the 2021-22 season, giving due consideration to the latest NCAA and CDC guidance, and state/local health indicators.
     

About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 41st season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout seven states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Boston (#9), Baltimore (#26), Hartford/New Haven (#33) and Providence (#53). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 24 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, FDU, LIU, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary's, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, all @NECsports.