While more conferences are taking the plunge into playing all games at the higher-seeded team, no other league has yet joined the NEC in its hard-core effort for fairness by reseeding the bracket for the semifinals. Last year, fourth-seeded Mount St. Mary’s overcame the challenge and won the tournament in one of the more unlikely title runs of 2014. They went on the road to beat the top two seeds and turn a 4.9 percent chance of a title into an NCAA tournament bid.

The Mount is the four-seed again, although its chances of winning are a bit better. The road to the NCAA tournament ends at the Pope Physical Education Center in Brooklyn Heights, New York. St. Francis Brooklyn has put together one of the best seasons in school history and is on the cusp of its first tournament bid in over 60 years of Division-I basketball. The Terriers are the favorite to win the automatic bid.

Northeast Conference

All-kenpom.com: Jalen Cannon, St. Francis NY; Earl Brown, St. Francis, PA; Brent Jones, St. Francis, NY; Dyami Starks, Bryant; Marcquise Reed, Robert Morris.

March 4, 7, 9. All games at higher-seeded team.

                  Semis Final Champ
1 St. Francis NY   86.2  68.3  51.4
2 Robert Morris    82.2  59.2  24.4
4 Mount St. Mary's 71.3  25.6   9.6
3 Bryant           64.4  24.1   8.5
5 St. Francis PA   28.7   8.8   2.8
6 Sacred Heart     35.6   8.8   2.3
8 LIU Brooklyn     13.8   2.8   0.6
7 Wagner           17.8   2.4   0.4