The 2015–16 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November.
Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2016 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.
() first place votes Hannah Kimmel Sacred Heart Erika Livermore Fairleigh Dickinson Jasmine Nwajei Wagner Breanna Rucker Bryant Anna Niki Robert Morris Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season.
All numbers are from time at current school.
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed 2015–16 Northeast Conference men's basketball season