2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament
2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope; Norfolk, Virginia
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
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2022–23 MEAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Howard †	11	–	3	.786	22	–	13	.629
North Carolina Central	10	–	4	.714	18	–	12	.600
Norfolk State	9	–	5	.643	22	–	11	.667
Maryland Eastern Shore	9	–	5	.643	18	–	13	.581
Morgan State	7	–	7	.500	15	–	16	.484
Coppin State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	23	.281
Delaware State	4	–	10	.286	6	–	24	.200
South Carolina State	2	–	12	.143	5	–	26	.161

† 2023 MEAC tournament winner

The 2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 8 teams are eligible and will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Howard	11–3
2	North Carolina Central	10–4
3	Norfolk State	9–5	2–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
4	Maryland Eastern Shore	9–5	0–2 vs. Norfolk State
5	Morgan State	7–7
6	Coppin State	4–10	1–3 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
7	Delaware State	4–10	0–4 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
8	South Carolina State	2–12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	91–55	ESPN+
2	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 7 Delaware State	89–59	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Morgan State	80–64	ESPN+
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State	73–56	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore	74–55	ESPN+
6	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65–72^OT	ESPN+
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65-64	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+			Semifinals March 10 ESPN+			Championship March 11 ESPN2

1	Howard	91

8	South Carolina State	55
			1	Howard	74

			4	UMES	55
4	UMES	80

5	Morgan State	64
						1	Howard	65

						3	Norfolk State	64
2	North Carolina Central	89

7	Delaware State	59
			2	North Carolina Central	65

			3	Norfolk State	72*
3	Norfolk State	73

6	Coppin State	56

* denotes overtime period

References

^ "2023 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference".

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