St. Francis-Brooklyn is the people’s champion
Remsen Street Hoops Program Secures NEC’s No. 1 Seed, NIT Berth
Remsen Street’s Pope Center will be the official home office for the upcoming Northeast Conference Tournament as the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers captured their first regular-season league championship in over a decade with Saturday’s 66-54 victory over St. Francis University (Pa.).
Along with the distinction of earning the NEC Tournament’s top overall seed, and home-court advantage throughout the three-round, eight-team, single-elimination competition, the Terriers (20-9, 14-2 NEC) are definitely headed to a postseason tournament for the first time since 1963.
By winning the NEC regular-season title outright, St. Francis will play in the NIT Tournament for the first time in over a half-century, but only if it fails in its bid for the program’s primary goal – a first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.