NCAA Division II Basketball in New York

D2 Basketball Programs in New York

New York fields one of the more competitive clusters of NCAA Division II basketball programs on the East Coast, with approximately fourteen programs competing primarily in the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) and the East Coast Conference (ECC). Northeast-10 members in New York include Adelphi University (Garden City), Le Moyne College (Syracuse), Molloy University (Rockville Centre), and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill). The ECC includes New York programs such as Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry), Long Island University Post, New York Institute of Technology, Queens College (CUNY), and Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester).

D2 basketball programs in New York can award up to 10 full equivalencies in men’s basketball, divided across rosters as coaching staffs determine. The suburban New York City setting of programs like Adelphi, LIU Post, Mercy, and NYIT means recruits gain access to the metropolitan area’s professional networks, internship pipelines, and alumni communities while competing at the D2 level. Upstate programs like Le Moyne and Roberts Wesleyan offer smaller-city settings with strong regional reputations and close-knit basketball cultures.

For a New York high school player who is honest about their D1 offer picture by junior year, the NE-10 and ECC deserve immediate attention. These conferences are competitive — NE-10 programs regularly qualify for the NCAA D2 tournament, and coaching staffs in the region actively recruit New York prep talent. Programs like Adelphi and Le Moyne have histories of developing players who go on to professional opportunities. FCP athletes who have trained at a high prep level can compete at this level immediately, and our relationships with coaches across both conferences create direct recruiting pathways.