The 2026 MEAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2025–26 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament was held March 11–14, 2026, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic invitation to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament and will be seeded by record that was within the conference games that were played, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Howard 13–12 Maryland Eastern Shore 11–3 1–1 vs. Howard3 Norfolk State 11–3 0–2 vs. Howard4 Coppin State 6–85 North Carolina Central 5–96 Morgan State 4–10 1–1 vs. Coppin State7 Delaware State 4–10 0–2 vs. Coppin State8 South Carolina State 2–12
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 111NoonNo. 1 Howard vs No. 8 South Carolina State75–43ESPN+22:00 p.m.No. 2 Maryland Eastern Shore vs No. 7 Delaware State55–48Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 123NoonNo. 4 Coppin State vs. No. 5 North Carolina Central70–52ESPN+42:00 p.m.No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Morgan State69–43Semifinals – Friday, March 135NoonNo. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Coppin State65–50ESPN+62:00 p.m.No. 2 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 3 Norfolk State51–60Championship – Saturday, March 1474:00 p.m.No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State53–46ESPNews*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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