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Basketball Tournament
2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams13
SiteNorfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
ChampionsHampton (6th title)
Winning coachEdward Joyner (3rd title)
MVPReginald Johnson (Hampton)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPNU
MEAC women's basketball tournaments← 20152017 →
2015–16 MEAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina A&T † 12 – 4   .750 19 – 11   .633
Bethune-Cookman 12 – 4   .750 18 – 12   .600
Hampton 11 – 5   .688 14 – 17   .452
Coppin State 10 – 6   .625 16 – 16   .500
Morgan State 10 – 6   .625 13 – 17   .433
Maryland-Eastern Shore 10 – 6   .625 12 – 17   .414
Florida A&M 9 – 7   .563 16 – 15   .516
South Carolina State 7 – 9   .438 13 – 16   .448
Savannah State 7 – 9   .438 10 – 18   .357
Delaware State 6 – 10   .375 9 – 21   .300
Howard 4 – 12   .250 7 – 24   .226
North Carolina Central 3 – 13   .188 5 – 23   .179
Norfolk State 3 – 13   .188 3 – 24   .111
† 2016 MEAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 13 tweams contested the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4 Tiebreaker 5 Tiebreaker 6 Tiebreaker 7
1 Bethune-Cookman 12-4 1-1 vs. North Carolina A&T 0-1 vs. Hampton 1-0 vs. Coppin State
2 North Carolina A&T 12–4 1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman 0-1 vs. Hampton 0-1 vs. Coppin State
3 Hampton 11-5
4 Coppin State 10–6 2-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES
5 Morgan State 10-6 2-2 vs. Coppin/UMES
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 10-6 1-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State
7 Florida A&M 9-7
8 Savannah State 7–9 1-1 vs. South Carolina State 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman 0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T 0-1 vs. Hampton 1-0 vs. Coppin State 0-1 vs. Morgan State 1-0 vs. UMES
9 South Carolina State 7-9 1-1 vs. Savannah State 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman 0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T 0-1 vs. Hampton 1-0 vs. Coppin State 0-1 vs. Morgan State 0-1 vs. UMES
10 Delaware State 6–10
11 Howard 4-12
12 North Carolina Central 3-13 1-0 vs. Norfolk State
13 Norfolk State 3-13 0-1 vs. North Carolina Central
† – MEAC regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday, March 7
1 1 11:00 am #4 Coppin State vs. #13 Norfolk State 78-54 ESPN3
2 1:00 pm #5 Morgan State vs. #12 NC Central 52-42
3 3:00 pm #6 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #11 Howard 68-51
First round – Tuesday, March 8
2 4 Noon #8 Savannah State vs. #9 South Carolina State 61-53 ESPN3
5 2:00 pm #7 Florida A&M vs. #10 Delaware State 79-74
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
3 6 Noon #1 Bethune-Cookman vs. #9 South Carolina State 56-48 ESPN3
7 2:00 pm #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #7 Florida A&M 67-50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
5 8 Noon #3 Hampton vs. #11 Howard 64-58 ESPN3
9 2:00 pm #4 Coppin State vs. #5 Morgan State 63-53
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
6 10 Noon #4 Coppin State vs. #9 South Carolina State 81-62 ESPN3
11 2:00 pm #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton 63-54
Championship – Saturday, March 12
8 12 6:00pm #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #4 Coppin State 65-46 ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
March 7/8 		Quarterfinals
March 9/10 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
            
1 Bethune-Cookman 48
9 South Carolina State 56
8 Savannah State 53
9 South Carolina State 61
9 South Carolina State 62
4 Coppin State 81
4 Coppin State 78
13 Norfolk State 54
4 Coppin State 63
5 Morgan State 53
5 Morgan State 52
12 North Carolina Central 42
4 Coppin State 46
2 North Carolina A&T 65
2 North Carolina A&T 67
7 Florida A&M 50
7 Florida A&M 79
10 Delaware State 74
2 North Carolina A&T 63
3 Hampton 54
3 Hampton 64
11 Howard 58
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 51
11 Howard 68

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. "2016 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). MEACHoops.com. Streamline Technologies. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. "MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament Record Book" (PDF). MEACHoops.com. Streamline Technologies. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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