Year: | 2024 |
Conference: | MEAC |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
Champions: | Norfolk State |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Coach: | Larry Vickers |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2024 MEAC women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament will take place during March 13–16, 2024.[1] [2] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
All 8 teams are eligible for the tournament and will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
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1 | Norfolk State | 13–1 | ||
2 | Howard | 10–4 | ||
3 | North Carolina Central | 9–5 | ||
4 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 8–6 | 2–0 vs. NCCU | |
5 | Coppin State | 8–6 | 0–2 vs. NCCU | |
6 | Delaware State | 4–10 | ||
7 | Morgan State | 3–11 | ||
8 | South Carolina State | 1–13 |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||||
1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 South Carolina State | 75–43 | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Howard vs. No. 7 Morgan State | 49–44 | |||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
3 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Coppin State | 55–61 | ESPN+ | ||
4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 North Carolina Central vs. No. 6 Delaware State | 66–56 | |||
Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
5 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 5 Coppin State | 73–44 | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Howard vs. No. 3 North Carolina Central | 69–56 | |||
Championship – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
7 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 2 Howard | 51–46 | ESPN+ | ||
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