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2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia[1] The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams12
SiteNorfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
ChampionsHampton (6th title)
Winning coachEdward Joyner (3rd title)
MVPReginald Johnson (Hampton)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
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2015–16 MEAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Hampton †13–3 .81321–11 .656
South Carolina State12–4 .75019–15 .559
Norfolk State12–4 .75017–17 .500
Bethune–Cookman10–6 .62514–18 .438
Savannah State9–7 .56316–16 .500
North Carolina Central7–9 .43813–19 .406
North Carolina A&T7–9 .43810–22 .313
Md. Eastern Shore7–9 .43810–22 .313
Howard6–10 .37512–20 .375
Morgan State6–10 .3759–22 .290
Coppin State6–10 .3759–22 .290
Delaware State5–11 .3137–25 .219
Florida A&M*4–12 .2508–21 .276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2016 MEAC tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016

Seeds

The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.[2]

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Hampton13–3
2Norfolk State12–41–0 vs. South Carolina State
3South Carolina State12–40–1 vs. Norfolk State
4Bethune-Cookman10–6
5Savannah State9–7
6North Carolina A&T7–92–0 vs. North Carolina Central, 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
7North Carolina Central7–91–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T
8Maryland Eastern Shore7–90–1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 0–1 vs. North Carolina Central
9Morgan State6–102–0 vs. Coppin State, 1–0 vs. Howard
10Howard6–101–1 vs. Coppin State, 0–1 vs. Morgan State
11Coppin State6–101–1 vs. Howard, 0–2 vs. Morgan State
12Delaware State5–11
† – MEAC regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
First round – Monday, March 7
115:00 pm#5 Savannah State vs. #12 Delaware State63–58ESPN3
27:00 pm#6 North Carolina A&T vs. #11 Coppin State91–982OT
First round – Tuesday, March 8
234:00 pm#8 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #9 Morgan State58–65ESPN3
46:00 pm#7 North Carolina Central vs. #10 Howard68–66
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
456:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #9 Morgan State83–81ESPN3
68:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #7 North Carolina Central66–47
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
576:00 pm#3 South Carolina State vs. #11 Coppin State90–80ESPN3
88:00 pm#4 Bethune-Cookman vs. #5 Savannah State50–57
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
696:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #5 Savannah State89–55ESPN3
108:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #3 South Carolina State67–65
Championship – Saturday, March 12
7111:00pm#1 Hampton vs. #3 South Carolina State81–69ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
March 7/8		Quarterfinals
March 9/10		Semifinals
March 11		Championship
March 12
            
1Hampton83
9Morgan State81
8Maryland Eastern Shore 58
9Morgan State65
1Hampton89
5Savannah State55
4Bethune-Cookman50
5Savannah State57
5Savannah State63
12Delaware State58
1Hampton81
3South Carolina State69
2Norfolk State66
7North Carolina Central47
7North Carolina Central68
10Howard66
2Norfolk State65
3South Carolina State67
3South Carolina State90
11Coppin State80
6North Carolina A&T91
11Coppin State98**

* denotes overtime period

References

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