| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Television: | FloHoops, ESPN2 |
The 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was scheduled to be held from March 10 through March 14, 2020 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020 after four games had already been played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The tournament was the last scheduled conference tournament to be canceled.[2] [3]
10 eligible teams (Florida A&M self-imposed a postseason ban for 2020 due to improper certification of student-athletes)[4] were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first-round bye.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Central | 13–3 | ||
| 2 | North Carolina A&T | 12–4 | 1–0 vs. Norfolk State | |
| 3 | Norfolk State | 12–4 | 0–1 vs. North Carolina A&T | |
| 4 | Bethune–Cookman | 10–6 | ||
| 5 | Morgan State | 9–7 | ||
| 6 | Coppin State | 7–9 | ||
| 7 | South Carolina State | 6–10 | ||
| 8 | Delaware State | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. North Carolina Central | |
| 9 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 4–12 | 0–2 vs. North Carolina Central | |
| 10 | Howard | 1–15 |
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Delaware State vs. No. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore | 68–64 | FLOHOOPS (ppv) | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 South Carolina State vs. No. 10 Howard | 63–70 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Delaware State | 92–75 | FLOHOOPS (ppv) | |
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 10 Howard | 86–77 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 5 Morgan State | canceled | FLOHOOPS (ppv) | |
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 North Carolina Central vs Game 5 Winner | canceled | FLOHOOPS (ppv) | |
| 8 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 North Carolina A&T vs Game 6 Winner | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 pm | Game 7 Winner vs Game 8 Winner | canceled | ESPN2 | |
| Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
* denotes overtime period