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

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, Mt. St. Marys, Rider, Central Connecticut St., Quinnipiac, and Sacred Heart.

The Northeast Conference has a total of eleven members in twenty-two sports, with five affiliate members. The affiliates compete in both Football and Field Hockey. The Northeast Conference's ranks will increase to 12 in 2012 with the formal addition of Bryant University, who has already accepted a bid to the conference.

Membership

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

Full Members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joined	Nickname
Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, CT	1849	Public	12,106	1997	Blue Devils
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck, NJ	1942	Private	8,658	1981	Knights
Long Island University	Brooklyn, NY	1926	Private	7,763	1981	Blackbirds
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, NJ	1933	Private	6,494	1985	Hawks
Mount St. Mary's University	Emmitsburg, MD	1808	Catholic	2,245	1989	Mountaineers
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, CT	1929	Private	6,833	1998	Bobcats
Robert Morris University	Moon Township, PA	1921	Private	5,824	1981	Colonials
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, CT	1963	Catholic	5,801	1999	Pioneers
Saint Francis College	Brooklyn, NY	1858	Catholic	2,580	1981	Terriers
Saint Francis University	Loretto, PA	1847	Catholic	2,135	1981	Red Flash
Wagner College	Staten Island, NY	1883	Lutheran	1,935	1981	Seahawks

Future Members

Institution	Location	Former Conference	Affiliation	Nickname
Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Northeast-10 Conference	Will be full member in 2012	Bulldogs

Affiliates

Institution	Location	Conference	Affiliation	Enrollment	Sport
University at Albany	Albany, New York	America East	Public	17,040	Football
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Atlantic 10	Private/Catholic	10,184	Football
Lock Haven University	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	PSAC	Public	5,500	Field Hockey
Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	MAAC	Private/Non-sectarian	5,039	Field Hockey
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	MAAC	Private/Catholic	3,705	Field Hockey

Former members

Institution	Affiliation	Years	New Conference	Classification
Towson University	Charter Member	1981-1982	CAA	NCAA Division I
Siena College	Charter Member	1981-1984	MAAC	NCAA Division I
Loyola College	Charter Member	1981-1989	MAAC	NCAA Division I
Marist College	Charter Member	1981-1997	MAAC	NCAA Division I
Rider University	Full Member	1992-1997	MAAC	NCAA Division I
UMBC	Full Member	1998-2003	America East	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	LIU (11-5)	LIU
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)	Mt. St. Mary's
1996	Mt. St. Mary's (16-2)	Monmouth
1997	LIU (15-3)	LIU
1998	LIU (14-2)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1999	UMBC (17-3)	Mt. St. Mary's
2000	Central Connecticut (15-3)	Central Connecticut
2001	St. Francis(NY) (16-4)	Monmouth
2002	Central Connecticut (19-1)	Central Connecticut
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 (16-2)	Central Connecticut
2008	Robert Morris (16-2)	Mt. St. Mary's

Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Locations

Football Champions

1996 — Robert Morris
1997 — Robert Morris
1998 — Monmouth
1999 — Robert Morris
2000 — Robert Morris
2001 — Sacred Heart
2002 — Albany
2003 — Monmouth
2004 — Monmouth
2005 — Central Connecticut State
2006 — Monmouth
2007 — Albany

Most Conference Championships

4 — Monmouth
4 — Robert Morris
2 — Albany
1 — Central Connecticut State
1 — Sacred Heart
0 — Bryant
0 — Duquesne
0 — Saint Francis (PA)
0 — Wagner

Indoor Track Champions

coming soon

Outdoor Track Champions

coming soon

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Albany	University Field	10,000	Non-Basketball Member	N/A
Central Connecticut	Arute Field	3,500	William H. Detrick Gymnasium	3,200
Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field	4,500	Non-Basketball Member	N/A
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	TD Banknorth Sports Center	3,570
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)	DeGol Field	3,450	DeGol Arena in the Maurice Stokes Athletic Center	3,500
Wagner	Wagner College Stadium	3,000	Spiro Sports Center	2,100