The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Hampton13–3 2Norfolk State 12–4 1–0 vs. South Carolina State 3South Carolina State12–40–1 vs. Norfolk State4Bethune-Cookman10–65Savannah State9–76North Carolina A&T7–92–0 vs. North Carolina Central, 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore7North Carolina Central7–91–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T8Maryland Eastern Shore7–90–1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 0–1 vs. North Carolina Central9Morgan State6–102–0 vs. Coppin State, 1–0 vs. Howard10Howard6–101–1 vs. Coppin State, 0–1 vs. Morgan State11Coppin State6–101–1 vs. Howard, 0–2 vs. Morgan State12Delaware 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 711 5:00 pm#5 Savannah State vs. #12 Delaware State63–58ESPN327:00 pm#6 North Carolina A&T vs. #11 Coppin State91–982OT First round – Tuesday, March 823 4:00 pm#8 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #9 Morgan State58–65ESPN346:00 pm#7 North Carolina Central vs. #10 Howard68–66 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9456:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #9 Morgan State83–81ESPN368:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #7 North Carolina Central66–47 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10576:00 pm#3 South Carolina State vs. #11 Coppin State90–80ESPN388:00 pm#4 Bethune-Cookman vs. #5 Savannah State50–57 Semifinals – Friday, March 11696:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #5 Savannah State89–55ESPN3108:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #3 South Carolina State67–65 Championship – Saturday, March 127111:00pm#1 Hampton vs. #3 South Carolina State81–69ESPN2 *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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