US collegiate basketball tournament
The 2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 8–11, 2023.[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds
All 8 teams are eligible and will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Schedule
Game
|
Time*
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Matchup#
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Score
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Television
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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1
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6:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 South Carolina State
|
91–55
|
ESPN+
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2
|
8:00 p.m.
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No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 7 Delaware State
|
89–59
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
|
3
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6:00 p.m.
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No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Morgan State
|
80–64
|
ESPN+
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4
|
8:00 p.m.
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No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State
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73–56
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Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
|
5
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6:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore
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74–55
|
ESPN+
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6
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8:00 p.m.
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No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 3 Norfolk State
|
65–72OT
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Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
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7
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1:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State
|
65-64
|
ESPN2
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*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+
| | | Semifinals March 10 ESPN+
| | | Championship March 11 ESPN2
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Howard
| 91
| | | |
|
| 8
| South Carolina State
| 55
| |
| | 1
| Howard
| 74
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| UMES
| 55
| |
| 4
| UMES
| 80
| |
| |
| 5
| Morgan State
| 64
| |
| | 1
| Howard
| 65
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| Norfolk State
| 64
| |
| 2
| North Carolina Central
| 89
| | |
| |
| 7
| Delaware State
| 59
| |
| | 2
| North Carolina Central
| 65
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| Norfolk State
| 72*
| |
| 3
| Norfolk State
| 73
| |
| |
| 6
| Coppin State
| 56
| |
* denotes overtime period
References