| 2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions | Norfolk State (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Robert Jones (2nd title) |
| MVP | Joe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coppin State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2022 MEAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 9–12, 2022. The tournament winner, Norfolk State, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds
8 eligible teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk State | 12–2 | |
| 2 | Howard | 9–5 | |
| 3 | North Carolina Central | 8–5 | |
| 4 | Morgan State | 7–6 | |
| 5 | South Carolina State | 7–7 | |
| 6 | MD Eastern Shore | 6–8 | 2–0 vs CSU |
| 7 | Coppin State | 6–8 | 0–2 vs UMES |
| 8 | Delaware State | 0–14 |
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | |||||
| 1 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 Delaware State | 74–66 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Howard vs. No. 7 Coppin State | 57–59 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022 | |||||
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 Morgan State vs. No. 5 South Carolina State | 80–77 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 North Carolina Central vs. No. 6 Maryland-Eastern Shore | 68–56 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022 | |||||
| 5 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 Morgan State | 72-63 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 7 Coppin State vs. No. 3 North Carolina Central | 79-73 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022 | |||||
| 7 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 Coppin State | 72–57 | ESPN2 | |
| *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 9–10 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 11 ESPN+ | Championship March 12 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Delaware State | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Morgan State | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Morgan State | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | South Carolina State | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Coppin State | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Howard | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Coppin State | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Coppin State | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina Central | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina Central | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UMES | 56 | ||||||||||||
References
- "2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". meacsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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