2018 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 5–10, 2018 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. No. 6 seed North Carolina Central defeated No. 1 seed Hampton in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top three teams received a first round bye. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Hampton12–4 2–1 vs. Sav, BCU2Bethune–Cookman12–4 1–1 vs. Hampton, Sav3Savannah State12–41–2 vs. Hampton, BCU4North Carolina A&T11–51–0 vs. Norfolk5Norfolk State11–50–1 vs. NC A&T6NC Central9–77Morgan State7–93–0 vs. Howard, FAMU8Howard7–91–2 vs. Morgan, FAMU9Florida A&M7–91–3 vs. Howard, Morgan10SC State6–1011Coppin State5–1112Maryland Eastern Shore3–1313Delaware State2–14

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Monday, March 511 6:30 pmNo. 4 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 13 Delaware State62–61OTESPN329:00 pmNo. 5 Norfolk State vs. No. 12 Maryland Eastern Shore78–68 First round – Tuesday, March 623 4:00 pmNo. 8 Howard vs. No. 9 Florida A&M78–88ESPN346:30 pmNo. 6 North Carolina Central vs. No. 11 Coppin State60–4859:00 pmNo. 7 Morgan State vs. No. 10 South Carolina State83–80 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7366:00 pmNo. 1 Hampton vs. No. 9 Florida A&M75–71ESPN378:00 pmNo. 2 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 7 Morgan State77–78 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8486:00 pmNo. 3 Savannah State vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central56–58ESPN398:00 pm No. 4 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 5 Norfolk State70–64 Semifinals – Friday, March 95106:00 pmNo. 1 Hampton vs. No. 4 North Carolina A&T96–86ESPN3118:00 pmNo. 7 Morgan State vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central70–79 Championship – Saturday, March 106121:00pm No. 1 Hampton vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central63–71ESPN2 Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

References