2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams6
SiteNorfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
ChampionsNorfolk State (2nd title)
Winning coachRobert Jones (1st title)
MVPJoe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State)
TelevisionFloHoops, ESPN2
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Norfolk State † 8 – 4   .667 17 – 8   .680
Coppin State 8 – 4   .667 9 – 13   .409
Morgan State 7 – 5   .583 14 – 8   .636
Delaware State 1 – 11   .083 3 – 16   .158
Howard 0 – 0   – 1 – 4   .200
Southern
North Carolina A&T 7 – 1   .875 11 – 10   .524
Florida A&M 7 – 5   .583 8 – 12   .400
North Carolina Central 3 – 5   .375 5 – 9   .357
South Carolina State 1 – 7   .125 1 – 17   .056
Howard suspended their season on February 9, 2021
Bethune–Cookman and Maryland Eastern Shore did not play the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns.
† 2021 MEAC tournament winner

The 2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 11–13, 2021.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds

In a deviation from the format used in previous years, the 2021 edition of the tournament seeded teams using their divisional placement, rather than their finish in the conference as a whole.

Division Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
Northern N1 Coppin State 8–4 3–1 vs. Norfolk State
N2 Norfolk State 8–4 1–3 vs. Coppin State
N3 Morgan State 7–5
Southern S1 North Carolina A&T 7–1
S2 Florida A&M 7–5
S3 North Carolina Central 3–5

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021
1 6:00 p.m. (N3) Morgan State vs. (S2) Florida A&M 77–75 FloHoops
2 8:00 p.m. (S3) North Carolina Central vs. (N2) Norfolk State 58–87
Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021
3 6:00 p.m. (N3) Morgan State vs. (N1) Coppin State 82–61 FloHoops
4 8:00 p.m. (N2) Norfolk State vs. (S1) North Carolina A&T Cancelled[A]
Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021
5 1:00 p.m. (N3) Morgan State vs. (N2) Norfolk State 63–71 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
FloHoops 		Semifinals
Friday, March 12
FloHoops 		Championship
Saturday, March 13
ESPN2
         
N1 Coppin State 61
N3 Morgan State 82
S2 Florida A&M 75
N3 Morgan State 77
N3 Morgan State 63
N2 Norfolk State 71
S1 North Carolina A&T[A]
N2 Norfolk State
N2 Norfolk State 87
S3 NC Central 58

[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b North Carolina A&T reported a positive COVID test on Thursday, March 11. As a result, the game between Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T was cancelled, and Norfolk State advanced directly to the tournament finals.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". meacsports.com. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Jeff Goodman. "MEAC No. 1 seed NC A&T is out of the league tourney due to COVID positive test". twitter.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2021 MEAC MBB Bracket (PDF) - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference" (PDF). meacsports.com. Retrieved March 4, 2021.