US collegiate basketball tournament
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.
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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
65–72OT
|
| 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
