2018–19 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

The 2018–19 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January 2019 and concluded in March with the 2019 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Rankings
 first place votes

Preseason All-NEC team
Source

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

Player of the week
Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.

NEC tournament

 * March 11–17, 2019, Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

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

All-NEC honors and awards
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.