The 2018–19 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November.
Conference play started in January 2019 and concluded in March with the 2019 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.
() first place votes Source[2] Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season.
All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.
2018–19 Northeast Conference men's basketball season