All tournament games are played at the home arena of the highest seed.
Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Saint Francis (PA) 85–76 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the NEC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
[1] [2] [3] 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.