2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams12
SiteNorfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
ChampionsNorth Carolina Central (2nd title)
Winning coachLeVelle Moton (2nd title)
MVPPatrick Cole (North Carolina Central)
TelevisionESPN2
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2016–17 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
NC Central † 13 – 3   .813 25 – 9   .735
Norfolk State 12 – 4   .750 17 – 17   .500
Morgan State 11 – 5   .688 14 – 16   .467
Hampton 11 – 5   .688 14 – 17   .452
Savannah State* 10 – 6   .625 13 – 16   .448
MD Eastern Shore 9 – 7   .563 14 – 20   .412
South Carolina State 7 – 9   .438 11 – 20   .355
Delaware State 7 – 9   .438 10 – 22   .313
Coppin State 7 – 9   .438 8 – 24   .250
Bethune–Cookman 6 – 10   .375 10 – 22   .313
Howard 5 – 11   .313 10 – 24   .294
Florida A&M 5 – 11   .313 7 – 23   .233
North Carolina A&T 1 – 15   .063 3 – 29   .094
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2017 MEAC tournament winner

The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The champion, North Carolina Central, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 67–59 win over Norfolk State in the championship game.

Seeds

The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Savannah State was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.[1]

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

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 North Carolina Central 13–3
2 Norfolk State 12–4
3 Morgan State 11–5 1–0 vs Hampton
4 Hampton 11–5 0–1 vs Morgan State
5 Md. Eastern Shore 9–7
6 Coppin State 7–9 0–1 vs Norfolk State
7 South Carolina State 7–9 0–2 vs Norfolk State
8 Delaware State 7–9 0–2 vs South Carolina State/Coppin State
9 Bethune–Cookman 6–10
10 Florida A&M 5–11 2–0 vs Howard
11 Howard 5–11 0–2 vs Florida A&M
12 North Carolina A&T 1–15
† – MEAC regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

[2]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Monday, March 6
1 1 5:00 pm #5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #12 North Carolina A&T 75–65
2 7:00 pm #6 Coppin State vs. #11 Howard 73–79
First round – Tuesday, March 7
2 3 4:00 pm #8 Delaware State vs. #9 Bethune–Cookman 62–69
4 6:00 pm #7 South Carolina State vs. #10 Florida A&M 82–78
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3 5 6:00 pm #9 Bethune–Cookman vs. #1 North Carolina Central 60–95
6 8:00 pm #7 South Carolina State vs. #2 Norfolk State 88–93OT
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4 7 6:00 pm #11 Howard vs. #3 Morgan State 68–65
8 8:00 pm #5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #4 Hampton 68–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5 9 6:00 pm #1 North Carolina Central vs. #5 Md. Eastern Shore 77–49
10 8:00 pm #2 Norfolk State vs. #11 Howard 68–53
Championship – Saturday, March 11
6 11 1:00pm #1 North Carolina Central vs. #2 Norfolk State 67–59 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
March 6/7 		Quarterfinals
March 8/9 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
            
1 North Carolina Central 95
9 Bethune–Cookman 60
8 Delaware State 62
9 Bethune–Cookman 69
1 North Carolina Central 77
5 Maryland Eastern Shore 49
4 Hampton 66
5 Maryland Eastern Shore 68
5 Maryland Eastern Shore 75
12 North Carolina A&T 65
1 North Carolina Central 67
2 Norfolk State 59
2 Norfolk State 93*
7 South Carolina State 88
7 South Carolina State 82*
10 Florida A&M 78
2 Norfolk State 68
11 Howard 53
3 Morgan State 65
11 Howard 68
6 Coppin State 73
11 Howard 79

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "Only 2 schools banned from NCAA tournament due to low APR scores". CBSSports. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament" (PDF). meachoops. MEAC. Retrieved February 12, 2017.