New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)

History

Chronological timeline

• 1981 – The New England Collegiate Conference was founded as the New England College Basketball League. Charter members included the University of Bridgeport, the University of Lowell, New Hampshire College, the University of New Haven, Quinnipiac College, Sacred Heart University and Southern Connecticut State College, beginning the 1980–81 academic year.
• 1982 – The NECBL became a multi-sport conference and was renamed and rebranded as the New England Collegiate Conference, beginning the 1982–83 academic year.
• 1983 – Central Connecticut State College joined the NECC in the 1983–84 academic year.
• 1985 – Central Connecticut State left the NECC to become an NCAA D-II Independent after the 1984–85 academic year.
• 1986 – Keene State College joined the NECC in the 1986–87 academic year.
• 1987 – Quinnipiac left the NECC to join the Northeast-10 Conference after the 1986–87 academic year.
• 1988 – Franklin Pierce College joined the NECC in the 1988–89 academic year.
• 1992 – Le Moyne College joined the NECC in the 1992–93 academic year.
• 1995 – The State University of New York at Albany and the State University of New York at Stony Brook joined the NECC in the 1995–96 academic year.
• 1996 – Le Moyne left the NECC to join the NE10 after the 1995–96 academic year.
• 1997 – Keene State left the NECC to join the NCAA Division III ranks and the Little East Conference after the 1996–97 academic year.
• 1998 – The State University of New York at Binghamton joined the NECC in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 1999 – Three institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 1998–99 academic year:
• * Sacred Heart to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the Northeast Conference
• * and SUNY Albany and SUNY Stony Brook to become NCAA D-I Independents
• 1999 – Felician College and Teikyo Post University joined the NECC in the 1999–2000 academic year.
• 2000 – The NECC ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 1999–2000 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences, beginning the 2000–01 academic year:
• * Bridgeport to the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference
• * New Haven to become an NCAA D-II Independent
• * Franklin Pierce, Massachusetts Lowell, Southern Connecticut State and Southern New Hampshire to the NE10
• * SUNY Binghamton to become an NCAA D-I Independents
• * and Felician and Teikyo Post to join the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference

Member schools

Final members

Other members

Membership timeline

Notable alumni

• Bill Bayno, Sacred Heart, Former UNLV head men's basketball coach
• Manute Bol, Bridgeport, NBA center with Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Philadelphia 76ers
• Joe Nathan, Stony Brook, Major League Baseball pitcher with San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers
• Mike Petke, Southern Connecticut, MLS soccer player with Colorado Rapids, New York/New Jersey Metrostars and D.C. United