2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament took place March 5, 7, 10, and 13, 2022 and all tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The tournament winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2022 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	9
Site	Campus sites
Television	NEC Front Row, ESPNU,
Northeast Conference women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairleigh Dickinson	15	–	3		.833			19	–	12		.613
St. Francis Brooklyn	13	–	5		.722			17	–	10		.630
Mount St. Mary's †	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
Wagner	10	–	8		.556			17	–	12		.586
LIU	9	–	9		.500			9	–	18		.333
Saint Francis (PA)	8	–	10		.444			8	–	22		.267
Merrimack*	7	–	11		.389			9	–	17		.346
Bryant	6	–	12		.333			10	–	22		.313
Sacred Heart	6	–	12		.333			8	–	17		.320
Central Connecticut	5	–	13		.278			6	–	20		.231
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2022 NEC tournament winner

Seeds

All nine of the eligible ten teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers used by the NEC are 1) head-to-head records of teams with identical records, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Northeast Conference regular-season play.

• Note: Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference. The Warriors will not be eligible for the NEC Tournament until 2024.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Fairleigh Dickinson	15-3
2	St. Francis Brooklyn	13-5
3	Mount St. Mary's	11-7
4	Wagner	10-8
5	LIU	9-9
6	St. Francis (PA)	8-10
7	Bryant	6-12	2-0 vs. Sacred Heart
8	Sacred Heart	6-12	0-2 vs. Bryant
9	Central Connecticut	5-13

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
Opening Round – Saturday, March 5
1	1	7:00 pm	No. 9 Central Connecticut at No. 8 Sacred Heart	58-62	NEC Front Row
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 7
2	2	7:00 pm	No. 8 Sacred Heart at No. 1 Farleigh Dickinson	58-66	NEC Front Row
	3	7:00 pm	No. 5 LIU at No. 4 Wagner	55-66
3	4	7:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 2 St. Francis Brooklyn	65-53
	5	7:00 pm	No. 6 St. Francis (PA) at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's	53-69
Semifinals – Thursday, March 10
4	6	7:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 1 Farleigh Dickinson	44-38	NEC Front Row
	7	7:00 pm	No. 4 Wagner at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's	50-62
Championship – Sunday, March 13
5	8	12:00 pm	No. 7 Bryant at No. 3 Mount St. Mary's		ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Opening Round Saturday, March 5 NEC Front Row					Quarterfinals Monday, March 7 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Thursday, March 10 NEC Front Row					Championship Sunday, March 13 ESPNU
						1	Fairleigh Dickinson	69
						8	Sacred Heart	53
	8	Sacred Heart	62
	9	Central Connecticut	58
											1	Farleigh Dickinson	33
											7	Bryant	44
						4	Wagner	65
						5	LIU	55
																7	Bryant	42
																3	Mount St. Mary's	60
						2	St. Francis Brooklyn	63
						7	Bryant	65
											3	Mount St. Mary's	62
											4	Wagner	50
						3	Mount St. Mary's	69
						6	St. Francis (PA)	53

* denotes overtime period.