The 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was scheduled to be held from March 10 through March 14, 2020 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020, after four games had already been played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was the last scheduled conference tournament to be canceled.
Seeds 10 eligible teams (Florida A&M self-imposed a postseason ban for 2020 due to improper certification of student-athletes) were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first-round bye.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1North Carolina Central13–32North Carolina A&T12–41–0 vs. Norfolk State3Norfolk State12–40–1 vs. North Carolina A&T4Bethune–Cookman10–65Morgan State9–76Coppin State7–97South Carolina State6–108Delaware State4–121–1 vs. North Carolina Central9Maryland Eastern Shore4–120–2 vs. North Carolina Central10Howard1–15
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 10116:00 pmNo. 8 Delaware State vs. No. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore68–64FLOHOOPS (ppv)28:00 pmNo. 7 South Carolina State vs. No. 10 Howard63–70 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11236:00 pmNo. 1 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Delaware State92–75FLOHOOPS (ppv)48:00 pmNo. 2 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 10 Howard86–77 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12356:00 pmNo. 4 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 5 Morgan StatecanceledFLOHOOPS (ppv)68:00 pmNo. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State Semifinals – Friday, March 13476:00 pmNo. 1 North Carolina Central vs Game 5 WinnercanceledFLOHOOPS (ppv)88:00 pmNo. 2 North Carolina A&T vs Game 6 Winner Championship – Saturday, March 14591:00 pmGame 7 Winner vs Game 8 WinnercanceledESPN2 Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source:
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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