One week from Wednesday, the Northeast Conference Quarterfinals kick off. We do know where three of those games will be played (Loretto, Moon Township, and Fairfield), but that's about all we know at this point. The #1 seed is up for grabs, as is the 4th and final home QF game, and the 8th and final NEC Tournament spot. It should be a fun weekend ahead! Standings: As always, sorted by Efficiency Margin. Team of the Week: Saint Francis According to Haslametrics, the Red Flash

All point spreads courtesy of Kenpom Friday's Games (2/21): Long Island at Fairleigh Dickinson (-1) Bryant (-1) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Sacred Heart at Merrimack (-2) Mount St. Mary's at Robert Morris (-8) Central Connecticut at Wagner (-9) Sunday's Games (2/23): Sacred Heart at Bryant (-1) Merrimack (-1) at Mount St. Mary's Robert Morris (-2) at Fairleigh Dickinson Wagner at St. Francis-Brooklyn (-7) Long Island at Saint Francis (-9) Friday's Game to Watch: LIU at FDU Things

For the first time since January 12, 2019, Central Connecticut State has won two games in a row. Huzzah! On Tuesday, the Blue Devils made an 18-point 1st half lead hold up by making some big plays down the stretch as they knocked off a hot Fairleigh Dickinson 76-75, two days after beating Bryant at home 75-70. Kudos to Donyell Marshall and his staff for continuing to work hard on developing this young group of players, and great job by the guys of continuing to fight. Does CC

While I'm considering Tuesday's games a part of Week 8, I didn't have the time to go through Friday/Sunday games yet, so we'll have a special edition of The Forecaster featuring one mammoth of a matchup. All Point Spreads Per Kenpom Tuesday's Games (2/18): Mount St. Mary's (-1) at Wagner Merrimack (-2) at Bryant Robert Morris at Saint Francis (-5) Fairleigh Dickinson (-6) at Central Connecticut St. Francis-Brooklyn at Long Island (-7) Tuesday's Game to Watch: RMU at SFU Thing

Two weeks left in the regular season, folks. Every team has either four or five games remaining and things are far from determined. Robert Morris, Saint Francis and Sacred Heart have clinched berths in the NEC Tournament, and can probably start printing tickets for a Quarterfinal home game, but outside of that there's still a lot of intrigue over the final couple of weeks. Standings: As always, sorted by Efficiency Margin. Team of the Week: Fairleigh Dickinson Don't look now,

All point spreads courtesy of Kenpom Thursday's Games (2/13): Robert Morris at Mount St. Mary's (-1) Merrimack (-1) at St. Francis-Brooklyn Bryant at Sacred Heart (-6) Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson (-6) Long Island (-9) at Central Connecticut Saturday's Games (2/15): Sacred Heart at Long Island (-1) Saint Francis (-1) at Mount St. Mary's Fairleigh Dickinson at Robert Morris (-9) Bryant (-10) at Central Connecticut Wagner at Merrimack (-11) Thursday's Game to Watch: MC at SFC

We are 65% through the league slate, and the NEC Standings are clearly coming into focus. There are just three teams realistically vying for the regular season title in Robert Morris, Merrimack, and Saint Francis, though it's an uphill battle for the Red Flash; while SFU does get two cracks at Robert Morris, they lost their lone matchup with Merrimack (72-55 in Loretto on January 20th). FWIW, Bart Torvik has Merrimack at 36.6% to win the regular season title outright, Robert

Thursday's Games (2/6): Merrimack (-2) at Fairleigh Dickinson Robert Morris (-3) at Wagner Saint Francis at Sacred Heart (-4) Mount St. Mary's at Long Island (-5) St. Francis-Brooklyn at Bryant (-8) Saturday's Games (2/8): Mount St. Mary's at St. Francis-Brooklyn (-2) Merrimack at Long Island (-2) Saint Francis (-4) at Wagner Robert Morris at Sacred Heart (-6) Central Connecticut at Bryant (-19) When I preview games, I like to avoid writing about the same team twice, while al

We're at the halfway point for every team in the league, and the standings have started to settle. Merrimack and Robert Morris have clearly been the two best teams in the league through ten games; Merrimack is 9-1 and Bobby Mo is a game back at 8-2, and both have the best Efficiency Margins (RMU is at +13.2, the Warriors +9.5) and best average Game Scores (50.2 for RMU, 49.7 for MC). There's really no argument for any other squad. Given that Merrimack is ineligible for the NE