Northeast Conference: Season 2025-26
Northeast Conference 2025-26
Tournament Winner: Long Island University
Coach of the Year: Rod Strickland
Northeast Conference Final: Long Island University - Mercyhurst University 79-70 LIU Brooklyn (Rod Strickland): Malachi Davis 24, Jamal Fuller 10, Jomo Goings 3, Greg Gordon 24, Mason Porter-Brown 14, Shadrak Lasu 2, Isaiah Miranda 2, Caleb Johnson 0, Xinyi Li 0, Eddie Munyak 0, Gavin Pendergast 0, Max Ndlovu-Fraser 0, Tre'shawn Sheppard 0, A.J. Neal 0 Standings 2025-26
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 CCSU Northeast Conference Final  Long Island University won Championship of Northeast Conference 2025-26
Arrived: Jomo Goings (Slippery Rock University), Greg Gordon (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Mason Porter-Brown (Indian River State College)
Left: Derrick Phelps (coach assistant Fordham University), Gerald Gillion (coach assistant Florida State University)
Average Height: 197.5 cm (6'5.8'')
Average Age: 22.3
 Fins Up! LIU Cuts Down the Nets for Seventh NEC Crown-Mar 14, 2026
After its historic three-peat run ended in 2013, LIU fans were hungry for another NEC men’s. basketball title. They got one in 2018, but the hunt then began anew. For eight seasons, the top-seeded Sharks circled, hungry for another bite of championship glory. This March, they finally feasted with a 79-70 win over #3 Mercyhurst in front of a raucous home crowd to bring home the program’s seventh conference crown. The dangerous duo of Malachi Davis (6'4''-G) and Greg Gordon (6'5''-G), a pair of All-NEC First Team guards who accounted for LIU’s first 20 points of the night, carried the Sharks back to the pinnacle of the NEC mountaintop with 24 points apiece. Before the nets were cut down, the duo was named to the NEC All-Tournament Team. Gordon added even more hardware to his trophy case as he was pegged the MVP of the NEC Tournament after he averaged 17.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists during the Sharks’ race to the tournament championship. The shots were falling on both sides of the court and when the dust settled on the first 20 minutes, it was LIU that took a slim 42-40 advantage into the break. But after nine lead changes and five draws, the Sharks delivered a series of dominant blows over the final five minutes. After Qadir Martin (6'5''-F) knotted up the score at 63-63 on a drive to the rim, Fuller followed a step-back three with a layup to ignite a game-ending 16-7 run that put the Lakers away and put the finishing touches on the Sharks’ NEC Tournament run. With its seventh NEC Tournament cup, LIU, which has gone 9-0 as the #1 seed in the postseason since the turn of the century, has passed FDU and now ranks first among all current members in tournament titles. Netting 26 and 20 points, respectively, Bernie Blunt (5'11''-G) and Martin represented Mercyhurst on the NEC All-Tournament Team. Rounding out the five-member team was Stonehill’s Davante Hackett. Final: LIU - Mercyhurst 79-70 Semis: LIU - Wagner 64-56 Mercyhurst - Stonehill 56-51 Courtesy of northeastconference.org  All-NEC Awards 2026-Mar 14, 2026
 Darin Smith Jr, forward from the Central Connecticut State University, was named the Player of the Year at the NCAA Division I.
He was also selected to the First Team.
Smith Jr averaged 21 points and over 5 rebounds per game in the league.
He has totalled 15 games of 20 or more points on the year and recorded 30 or more points in 3 games.
Smith Jr registered double-doubles in 2 games during the event.
His 40 points against the New Haven were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
Bernie Blunt, guard from the Mercyhurst University, was chosen to the First Team of NCAA Division I.
He was also named to the Tournament Team.
Blunt had almost 18 points and over 3 rebounds per game that season in the league.
He has totalled 10 games of 20 or more points on the year.
Blunt's 31 points against the St.
Francis University were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
He was selected to the All-PSAC West Division Second Team in 2024.
Malachi Davis, Canadian guard from the Long Island University, earned a spot in the First Team at the NCAA Division I.
He was also voted to the Tournament Team.
Davis recorded over 14 points and 3 rebounds per game over the season in the league.
His 30 points against the Lehigh were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
He was selected to the All-Panhandle Conference First Team as well as the All-Tournament Team back in 2023.
Jamal Fuller, Canadian swingman from the Long Island University, was selected to the First Team of NCAA Division I.
He averaged 16 points and almost 6 rebounds per game in the league.
Fuller has totalled 10 games of 20 or more points and logged double-doubles in 2 games on the year.
His 26 points against the Mercyhurst were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
Among many awards he was selected to the All-PacWest First Team in 2024.
He was also selected to the NABC Division II All-West District Second Team in 2024.
Shilo Jackson, forward from the Le Moyne College, was chosen to the First Team at the NCAA Division I.
He was also named to the Defensive Team.
Jackson registered almost 16 points and 8 rebounds per game that season in the league.
He has totalled 6 games of 20 or more points and notched double-doubles in 7 games on the year.
Jackson's 28 points against the Mercyhurst were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
He played in the final of the NJCAA D1 Region XXIV in 2023.
All-Tournament MVP:  Greg Gordon (6'5''-G) of LIU BrooklynPlayer of the Year: Darin Smith Jr. (6'7''-F) of CCSUDefensive Player of the Year: Greg Gordon (6'5''-G) of LIU BrooklynRookie of the Year:  David Jevtic (6'8''-G-2006) of FDUMost Improved Player of the Year: Max Frazier (6'9''-F) of CCSUCoach of the Year: Rod Strickland of LIU Brooklyn All-NEC First Team 2026  Blunt  Davis  Fuller  Jackson Smith Jr. Bernie Blunt (5'11''-G) of Mercyhurst Malachi Davis (6'4''-G) of LIU Brooklyn Jamal Fuller (6'5''-G/F) of LIU Brooklyn Shilo Jackson (6'9''-F) of LeMoyne Darin Smith Jr. (6'7''-F) of CCSUAll-NEC Second Team 2026  Fitzpatrick  Gordon  Jones  Mosquera  Rodgers Jabri Fitzpatrick (6'2''-G) of New Haven Greg Gordon (6'5''-G) of LIU Brooklyn Nick Jones (6'2''-G) of Wagner Trent Mosquera (6'4''-G) of LeMoyne Jay Rodgers (6'3''-G) of CCSUAll-NEC Third Team 2026  Frazier  Lemelman  Niesman  Ray  Wicks Max Frazier (6'9''-F) of CCSU Jake Lemelman (6'2''-G) of Mercyhurst Joey Niesman (6'2''-G) of FDU Carel Ray (6'6''-G/F) of Chicago St. Skylar Wicks (6'6''-G/F-2000) of SFUNEC All-Defensive Team 2026 Frazier Gordon Jackson  Martin  Stinson Max Frazier (6'9''-F) of CCSU Greg Gordon (6'5''-G) of LIU Brooklyn Shilo Jackson (6'9''-F) of LeMoyne Qadir Martin (6'5''-F) of Mercyhurst Chas Stinson (6'4''-G) of StonehillNEC All-Rookie Team 2026  Greenberg  Jevtic  Jones  Reynolds  Steele Eli Greenberg (6'4''-G) of LeMoyne David Jevtic (6'8''-G-2006) of FDU Roddy Jones (6'1''-G) of CCSU Ashton Reynolds (6'4''-G) of CCSU Teshaun Steele (6'7''-G/F) of New HavenNEC All-Tournament Team 2026 Gordon Davis Blunt Martin  Hackett Greg Gordon (6'5''-G) of LIU Brooklyn Malachi Davis (6'4''-G) of LIU Brooklyn Bernie Blunt (5'11''-G) of Mercyhurst Qadir Martin (6'5''-F) of Mercyhurst Davante Hackett (6'3''-G) of Stonehill |
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