The 2019–20 NEC women's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November.
On October 3, 2018 Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name.
() first place votes Source[5] Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.
[23] In the NEC tournament the top eight teams from the field of eleven participate.