2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	MEAC
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	8
Arena:	Norfolk Scope
City:	Norfolk, Virginia
Television:	ESPN+, ESPN2

The 2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 8 teams are eligible and will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Howard	11–3
2	North Carolina Central	10–4
3	Norfolk State	9–5	2–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
4	Maryland Eastern Shore	9–5	0–2 vs. Norfolk State
5	Morgan State	7–7
6	Coppin State	4–10	1–3 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
7	Delaware State	4–10	0–4 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
8	South Carolina State	2–12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	91–55	ESPN+
2	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 7 Delaware State	89–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Morgan State	80–64	ESPN+
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State	73–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore	74–55	ESPN+
6	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65–72^OT
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65-64	ESPN2
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. en.