1 seed Wagner in the championship game to earn the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
On February 17, 2018, Wagner defeated LIU Brooklyn to win the NEC regular season championship outright, their second regular season championship in the previous three years, and received the No.
[1][2] [4] Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.