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2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and concluded in March 2019.

2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball season
NCAA Division I
Basketball
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Saint Francis (PA)
Keith Braxton, SFPA
Raiquan Clark, LIU
Fairleigh Dickinson
Darnell Edge, FDU

The 2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and concluded in March 2019.

The NEC tournament was held from March 3 through March 9 with the higher-seeded team hosting each game.

On April 2, 2018, Bryant announced Jared Grasso as the 8th head coach in program history. Grasso replaced Tim O'Shea, who retired after last season.

On May 10, 2018, Mount St. Mary's announced Dan Engelstad as the 22nd head coach in program history. Engelstad replaced Jamion Christian, who went on to become the head coach at Siena.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Overall record	NEC record
Jared Grasso	Iona (asst.)	1	0–0	0–0	0
Donyell Marshall	Buffalo(asst.)	2	20–41	11–25	0
Greg Herenda	UMass Lowell	6	60–94	38–50	1
Derek Kellogg	UMass	2	18–17	10–8	1
Dan Engelstad	Southern Vermont	1	0–0	0–0	0
Andrew Toole	Robert Morris(asst.)	9	150–123	91–51	1
Anthony Latina	Sacred Heart(asst.)	6	55–101	35–53	0
Glenn Braica	St. John's(asst.)	9	115–136	77–65	0
Rob Krimmel	Saint Francis(asst.)	7	79–108	53–53	0
Bashir Mason	Wagner(asst.)	7	110–79	70–36	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2018–19 season.
Overall and NEC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2018–19 season.
Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

Source

Rank	Team
Saint Francis (PA) (8)
Fairleigh Dickinson (1)
LIU Brooklyn (1)
Wagner
Robert Morris
Central Connecticut
St. Francis Brooklyn
Bryant
Sacred Heart
Mount St. Mary's

() first place votes

Source

Recipient	School
Raiquan Clark	LIU Brooklyn
Keith Braxton	Saint Francis
Mike Holloway	Fairleigh Dickinson
Jamaal King	Saint Francis
Tyler Kohl	Central Connecticut

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week
November 12, 2018	Tyler Kohl, CCSU	Koreem Ozier, SHU
November 19, 2018	Tyler Kohl (2), CCSU Josh Williams, RMU	Ian Krishnan, CCSU
November 26, 2018	Darnell Edge, FDU	Nana Opuku, MSM
December 3, 2018	Keith Braxton, SFU	Cameron Parker, SHU
December 10, 2018	Raul Frias, LIU	Dee Barnes, MSM
December 17, 2018	Jalen Jordan, SFBK	Cameron Parker (2), SHU
December 24, 2018	Tyler Kohl (3), CCSU Malik Jefferson, MSM	Joe Kasperzyk, BRY
December 31, 2018	Raiquan Clark, LIU	Joe Kasperzyk (2), BRY Vado Morse, MSM
January 7, 2019	E. J. Anosike, SHU	Vado Morse (2), MSM
January 14, 2019	Tyler Kohl (4), CCSU Romone Saunders, WAG	Joe Kasperzyk (3), BRY Ian Krishnan (2), CCSU
January 21, 2019	Jalen Jordan (2), SFBK	Vado Morse (3), MSM
January 28, 2019	Keith Braxton (2), SFU	Vado Morse (4), MSM
February 4, 2019	Tyler Kohl (5), CCSU	Malik Jefferson, MSM
February 11, 2019	Tyler Kohl (6), CCSU	Vado Morse (5), MSM
February 18, 2019	Glenn Sanabria, SFBK Keith Braxton (2), SFU	Vado Morse (6), MSM
February 25, 2019	Mike Holloway Jr., FDU	Damian Chong Qui, MSM

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	1st round	2nd round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
16	West	Fairleigh Dickinson	82–76 vs. (#16) Prairie View A&M – (Dayton, OH)	49-87 vs. (#1) Gonzaga – (Salt Lake City, UT)

Seed	School	1st round	2nd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
8	Saint Francis (PA)	72–89 at. (#1) Indiana – (Bloomington, IN)

School	1st round	2nd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
St. Francis Brooklyn	72–81 at. Hampton – (Hampton, VA)
Robert Morris	98–89OT vs. Cornell – (Moon Township, PA)	70–77 vs. Presbyterian – (Moon Township, PA)

Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.

Honor	Recipient
Player of the Year	Keith Braxton, SFPA
Coach of the Year	Rob Krimmel, SFPA
Defensive Player of the Year	Jare'l Spellman, SHU
Rookie of the Year	Vado Morse, MSM
Most Improved Player of the Year	E.J. Anosike, SHU
All-NEC First Team	Keith Braxton, SFPA
Raiquan Clark, LIU
Darnell Edge, FDU
Sean Hoehn, SHU
Jamaal King, SFPA
All-NEC Second Team	E.J. Anosike, SHU
Jalen Jordan, SFBK
Romone Saunders, WC
Mike Holloway Jr., FDU
Tyler Kohl, CCSU
All-NEC Third Team	Ty Flowers, LIU
Glenn Sanabria, SFBK
Adam Grant, BRY
Sabastian Townes, BRY
Josh Williams, RMU
All-NEC Rookie Team	Joe Kasperzyk, BRY
Ian Krishnan, CCSU
Vado Morse, MSM
Koreem Ozier, SHU
Cameron Parker, SHU

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