So Merrimack won the Northeast Conference championship, beating Fairleigh Dickinson. However Merrimack isn’t going to the NCAAs since it is the 4th and final year of their transition to D1. FD is going instead.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2023/03/07/merrimack-nec-champions-banned-march-madness/11423302002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2023/03/07/merrimack-nec-champions-banned-march-madness/11423302002/