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Northeast Conference Announces Expansion Of 2022 NEC Basketball Tournament, Maintains Current Cancellation & Forfeit Policy

Northeast Conference Announces Expansion Of 2022 NEC Basketball Tournament, Maintains Current Cancellation & Forfeit Policy


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Somerset, NJ — Northeast Conference (NEC) administrators today approved a one-time expansion of the 2022 NEC Men’s and Women’s Tournament fields to include all nine eligible teams.

NEC administrators also voted to maintain the league’s basketball game cancellation and forfeit policy.

The policy reads as follows:


If a team is unable to compete due to COVID-19 related issues, the NEC contest will not be rescheduled and will be considered a forfeit. For purposes of conference regular season standings and tiebreakers, a forfeit will count as an NEC win for the team that was cleared to compete, and a loss for the team that could not compete.
If two opponents are unable to compete due to COVID-19 issues, both teams shall be deemed to have forfeited and each team will be charged with a loss.
As per NCAA policy, a COVID-19 related forfeit will…

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