| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions: | Norfolk State |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Robert Jones |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Joe Bryant Jr. |
| Mvpteam: | Norfolk State |
| Television: | FloHoops, ESPN2 |
The 2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 11–13, 2021.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
In a deviation from the format used in previous years, the 2021 edition of the tournament seeded teams using their divisional placement, rather than their finish in the conference as a whole.
| Division | Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern | N1 | Coppin State | 8–4 | 3–1 vs. Norfolk State |
| N2 | Norfolk State | 8–4 | 1–3 vs. Coppin State | |
| N3 | Morgan State | 7–5 | ||
| Southern | S1 | North Carolina A&T | 7–1 | |
| S2 | Florida A&M | 7–5 | ||
| S3 | North Carolina Central | 3–5 |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021 | |||||
| 1 | 6:00 p.m. | (N3) Morgan State vs. (S2) Florida A&M | 77–75 | FloHoops | |
| 2 | 8:00 p.m. | (S3) North Carolina Central vs. (N2) Norfolk State | 58–87 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021 | |||||
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | (N3) Morgan State vs. (N1) Coppin State | 82–61 | FloHoops | |
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. | (N2) Norfolk State vs. (S1) North Carolina A&T | Cancelled | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021 | |||||
| 5 | 1:00 p.m. | (N3) Morgan State vs. (N2) Norfolk State | 63–71 | ESPN2 | |
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