The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament, provided such team is eligible.

Le Moyne and Stonehill, reach the final of the NEC tournament, the conference will stage an automatic qualifier game between the two non-advancing semifinalists.

For the third straight year, the NEC changed its rules regarding eligibility for the conference tournament.

[4] Teams will be reseeded after each round with the highest remaining seeds receiving home-court advantage.

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.