Trent Mosquera's three-pointer cut the Syracuse lead to two points with 1:02 left, and another triple from Bagatskis made it 83–82 with 22 seconds on the clock.

[15] After opening the season with a tight 59–55 loss at Providence,[16] Central Connecticut got 13 points each from Jordan Jones, Darin Smith Jr. and Jayden Brown and secured a 73–67 win at Saint Joseph's on November 8.

He missed the first free throw but hit the second, after the Fighting Camels used a timeout to ice him, and gave Saint Francis a 65–64 victory.

In the final two minutes, senior guard Terell Strickland scored on a layup and then found Jamal Fuller for a dunk with 34 seconds left to push the Sharks' lead to 75–70.

[25][26] Saint Francis saw their 21-point lead disappear in their November 26 home game against Lehigh, when the Mountain Hawks tied the score at 78 with 1:45 to play.

[26][27] Le Moyne shot 60.4% from the floor, a new program record for the Division I era, and held off a late charge in an 81–77 win at Manhattan on November 29.

Momoh scored on drives to the basket on three straight possessions, while the Blue Devils got stops at the defensive end, to flip a one-point deficit with less than three minutes to play to a five-point lead.

Sophomore Matt Frazier entered the game with one second remaining to guard the River Hawks' inbounds pass, and he deflected it and stole the ball to secure the win.

The Black Knights had a 14-point lead with less than five minutes to play, but the Dolphins stormed back and tied the game on Dwayne Koroma's layup with four seconds left.

[36][37] Jayden Brown recorded his first career double-double with 16 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks to lead Central Connecticut to a 64–63 win at Fairfield on December 18.

The Blue Devils held the Red Flash to 30% shooting from the floor in the second half to break open a game that was tied at intermission.

[41][42] After losing their NEC opener at home to Chicago State,[43] Wagner was looking to even their league record, when they welcomed Fairleigh Dickinson on January 5, in the start of conference play for the Knights.

Ja'Kair Sanchez hit a running bank shot with under 30 seconds remaining that gave the Seahawks a four-point lead, and they held on for a 62–57 victory, handing the Blue Devils their first home loss of the season.

After Central Connecticut cut the lead to two points, the Blue Devils had possession in the closing seconds, but Brent Davis stole the ball to secure a 54–52 win for LIU.

[48][51] Malachi Davis scored 10 points in the final four minutes of the game to lead LIU to a 64–51 home win over Saint Francis on January 18.

[53][54] LIU earned their sixth straight NEC victory to start league play, 72–63 overtime home win over Mercyhurst on January 20.

[53][55] Zaire Williams hit a pull-up bank shot from the lane with 1.9 seconds left in double overtime to give Wagner a 70–68 home win over Saint Francis on January 20.

[53][57] Riley Parker, playing with his father in the stands, scored 29 points on 9-for-14 shooting from the floor, including 4 for 8 from three-point range, and hit all seven of his free throws to lead Saint Francis to a 74–64 home victory over LIU on January 24.

[58][59] Jake Lemelman's back-to-back triples broke a tie and gave Mercyhurst a 64–58 lead with less than a minute to play in their January 24 home game against Wagner.

Stonehill inbounded the ball to Josh Morgan, who spun around his defender, drove the baseline and hit a contested layup with 0.2 seconds remaining, giving the Skyhawks a 75–73 victory.

[59][62][63] Jeff Planutis hit two mid-range jump shots late in double overtime that carried Mercyhurst to an 85–80 home win over LIU on January 26.

[65][66] Aidan Reichert's driving layup with 31 seconds to play gave Mercyhurst a 58–56 lead in their January 30 home game against Saint Francis.

The Cougars overcame a nine-point deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to force the extra session, knotting the score at 58 on a three-pointer by Noble Crawford with 42 seconds left.

[66][68] Bernie Blunt III and Jeff Planutis each drained a pair of free throws in the final eight seconds to secure a 67–60 victory for Mercyhurst at Fairleigh Dickinson on February 1.

[71][75] Todd Brogna scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Stonehill to a 79–74 home win over Saint Francis on February 13.

AJ Dancler scored eight of the Dolphins' ten overtime points, including a three-point play with 1:48 to go that gave Le Moyne a six-point lead.

Dancler finished with 17 points, all of them scored after halftime, four rebounds, three assists and two steals, and the Dolphins snapped their five-game losing streak with a 72–68 victory.

[77][81] AJ Dancler's step-back triple was the dagger that secured Le Moyne's 80–75 home win over Chicago State on February 15.

[77][82][83] Central Connecticut clinched home-court advantage in the NEC tournament quarterfinals with their eighth straight win, an 83–67 home triumph over Saint Francis on February 15.

The 2025 NEC tournament final will mark the 38th consecutive year that the conference's championship game will be broadcast on linear television by an ESPN network.