1986 MEAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:1986
Conference:MEAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:6
Arena:Greensboro Coliseum
City:Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions:North Carolina A&T
Titlecount:11th
Coach:Don Corbett
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Thomas Griffis
Mvpteam:North Carolina A&T

The 1986 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–8, 1986, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. defeated, 53–52 in the championship game, to win its fifth consecutive MEAC Tournament title.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

Six of eight conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket

denotes overtime period

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book . . February 28, 2022.