New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletic conference serving selective academic institutions in New England. It was established in 1998 when the former New England Women’s 8 began sponsoring conference competition and championships for men. The NEWMAC administers men’s and women’s basketball regular seasons, statistics, awards and postseason championships within an educational and respectful student-athlete environment. Its 2026 basketball championships sent Babson, the men’s tournament winner, and Smith, the women’s tournament winner, to the NCAA Division III Tournament through the conference’s automatic bids; Smith secured its sixth straight NEWMAC women’s basketball title. The association has a changing set of full and sport-specific associate members, so this record identifies the conference and its basketball operations rather than any individual college team, professional league or national basketball federation.