North Attleboro, Mass. - Following the conclusion of the regular season on Wednesday, the Northeast 10 Conference office revealed the bracket for the women's basketball tournament, which featured Adelphi University as the last team in.
2025-26 marks the fifth consecutive season that Head Coach
Sade Jackson and her squad have made the tournament, with their best season a year ago when they advanced to the semifinals.
Adelphi matches up with no. 2 Southern Connecticut for their first round contest, scheduled for Sunday, March 1 at 1:30 p.m. inside the James Moore Fieldhouse. The Cats are 0-2 against the Owls this season and have lost their last nine meetings, dating back to 2022.
The NE10 Women's Basketball Championship, presented by Visit Central Florida, will conclude with the final on Sunday, March 8. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on SNY and NBC Sports Philadelphia+, as well as on
NE10 NOW on FloSports. NESN will broadcast the game on tape delay the night of Monday, March 9. Full broadcast schedule is available on
Championship Central.
Every game of the Championship will be hosted by the higher seeded team. For the full schedule, please see below.
NE10 Women's Basketball Championship, Presented by Visit Central Florida
1. Bentley (17-1)
2. Southern Connecticut (16-2)
3. Assumption (12-6)
4. American International (10-8)
5. Saint Michael's (9-9)
6. Southern New Hampshire (8-10)
7. Adelphi (7-11) *
* Saint Anselm also finished with a 7-11 record; the two teams were 1-1 vs. each other during the regular season. When comparing results vs. teams occupying the highest position in the standings, both teams were 0-2 vs. Bentley, Southern Connecticut & Assumption. Adelphi earned the #7 seed based on their 2-0 regular season record vs. AIC (Saint Anselm was 0-2 vs. AIC).
First-Round – Sunday, March 1st:
Game 1: #7 Adelphi at #2 Southern Connecticut – 1:30 PM
Game 2: #6 Southern New Hampshire at #3 Assumption – 1:30 PM
Game 3: #5 Saint Michael's at #4 American International – 1:30 PM
Semifinals – Thursday, March 5th:
Game 4: Game 3 winner vs. #1 Bentley - 6:00 PM
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner (at highest remaining seed)
Championship – Sunday, March 8th:
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner (at highest remaining seed)
