The MEAC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). It is a single-elimination tournament involving all 13 league members, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Results Year Champion Score Runner-up Location1978South Carolina State (1)85–70Morgan StateGreensboro, NC1979South Carolina State (2)76–56Howard1980 Not held.19811982Howard (1)77–69South Carolina StateGreensboro, NC1983South Carolina State (3)65–64Bethune–Cookman1984Bethune–Cookman (1) 62–61 (OT) South Carolina State1985Howard (2)No detailsPhiladelphia, PA1986South Carolina State (4)59–57Howard1987Howard (3)62–57South Carolina StateGreensboro, NC1988Howard (4)83–57North Carolina A&T1989Howard (5)83–57North Carolina A&T1990Howard (6)84–60Delaware State1991Coppin State (1)55–53North Carolina A&TNorfolk, VA1992South Carolina State (5)69–44Bethune–Cookman1993South Carolina State (6)65–54Coppin State1994North Carolina A&T (1)76–67HowardBaltimore, MD1995Florida A&M71–69Howard1996Howard (7)65–46North Carolina A&TTallahassee, FL1997Howard (8)84–53Florida A&MNorfolk, VA1998Howard (9)78–70HamptonRichmond, VA1999Florida A&M (2)69–47Hampton2000Hampton (1)66–64Norfolk State2001Howard (10)86–83Hampton2002Norfolk State (1)61–52Hampton2003Hampton (2)69–57Delaware State2004Hampton (3)65–50Delaware State2005Coppin State (2)67–43Norfolk State2006Coppin State (3)46–36Delaware StateRaleigh, NC2007Delaware State (1)55–42Morgan State2008Coppin State (4)72–70North Carolina A&T2009North Carolina A&T (2)76–54HamptonWinston-Salem, NC2010Hampton (3)57–46South Carolina State2011Hampton (4)61–42Howard2012Hampton (5)54–53Howard2013Hampton (6)59–38HowardNorfolk, VA2014Hampton (7)50–47Coppin State2015Savannah State (1)65–47Maryland Eastern Shore2016North Carolina A&T (3)65–46Coppin State2017Hampton (8)52–49Bethune–Cookman2018North Carolina A&T (4)72–65 (OT)Hampton2019Bethune–Cookman (2)57–45Norfolk State2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.2021North Carolina A&T (5)59–57HowardNorfolk, VA2022Howard (11)61–44Norfolk State2023Norfolk State (2)56–52Howard2024Norfolk State (3)51–46Howard2025Norfolk State (4)68-56Howard2026Howard (12)53-46Norfolk State
List of championships by school School Tournament Championships Last ChampionshipHoward121982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2022, 2026Hampton92000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017South Carolina State61978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993North Carolina A&T51994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021Norfolk State 42002, 2023, 2024, 2025Coppin State41991, 2005, 2006, 2008Bethune–Cookman21984, 2019Florida A&M21995, 1999Delaware State12007Savannah State12015 Morgan State, Maryland Eastern Shore and North Carolina Central have not yet won a MEAC tournament. Winston-Salem State never won the tournament as a MEAC member. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the MEAC
See also MEAC men's basketball tournament
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