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.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1North Carolina Central13–3 2Norfolk State 12–4 3Morgan State11–51–0 vs Hampton4Hampton11–50–1 vs Morgan State5Md. Eastern Shore9–76Coppin State7–90–1 vs Norfolk State7South Carolina State7–90–2 vs Norfolk State8Delaware State7–90–2 vs South Carolina State/Coppin State9Bethune–Cookman6–1010Florida A&M5–112–0 vs Howard11Howard5–110–2 vs Florida A&M12North Carolina A&T1–15† – MEAC regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Monday, March 611 5:00 pm#5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #12 North Carolina A&T75–6527:00 pm#6 Coppin State vs. #11 Howard73–79 First round – Tuesday, March 723 4:00 pm#8 Delaware State vs. #9 Bethune–Cookman62–6946:00 pm#7 South Carolina State vs. #10 Florida A&M82–78 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8356:00 pm#9 Bethune–Cookman vs. #1 North Carolina Central60–9568:00 pm#7 South Carolina State vs. #2 Norfolk State88–93OT Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9476:00 pm#11 Howard vs. #3 Morgan State68–6588:00 pm #5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #4 Hampton68–66 Semifinals – Friday, March 10596:00 pm#1 North Carolina Central vs. #5 Md. Eastern Shore77–49108:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #11 Howard68–53 Championship – Saturday, March 116111:00pm#1 North Carolina Central vs. #2 Norfolk State67–59ESPN2 *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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