2015–16 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

The 2015–16 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2016 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Rankings
 first place votes

Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. All numbers are from time at current school.

NEC tournament

 * March 6–13, 2016 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed