The 2015–16 NEC men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
Conference play started in early January 2016 and will conclude in March with the 2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament.
() first place votes BK Ashe Mount St. Mary's, Jr., G. Cane Broome Sacred Heart, So., G. Dan Garvin Bryant, Jr., F. Rodney Pryor Robert Morris, Sr., G. Gregory Graves Mount St. Mary's, Sr., F. Notes: This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed 2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season