| Year: | 1982 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Finalarena: | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum |
| Finalcity: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Champions: | North Carolina A&T |
| Titlecount: | 7th |
| Coach: | Don Corbett |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Eric Boyd |
| Mvpteam: | North Carolina A&T |
The 1982 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–7 at Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated, 79–67 in the championship game, to win the MEAC Tournament title.
The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the West region.
All seven conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.