US collegiate basketball tournament
The 2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 9–12, 2022.[1] The tournament winner, Norfolk State, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds
8 eligible teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Schedule
| Game
|
Time*
|
Matchup#
|
Score
|
Television
|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
|
| 1
|
6:00 p.m.
|
No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 Delaware State
|
74–66
|
ESPN+
|
| 2
|
8:30 p.m.
|
No. 2 Howard vs. No. 7 Coppin State
|
57–59
|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
|
| 3
|
6:00 p.m.
|
No. 4 Morgan State vs. No. 5 South Carolina State
|
80–77
|
ESPN+
|
| 4
|
8:30 p.m.
|
No. 3 North Carolina Central vs. No. 6 Maryland-Eastern Shore
|
68–56
|
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
|
| 5
|
6:00 p.m.
|
No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 Morgan State
|
72-63
|
ESPN+
|
| 6
|
8:30 p.m.
|
No. 7 Coppin State vs. No. 3 North Carolina Central
|
79-73
|
| Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
|
| 7
|
1:00 p.m.
|
No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 Coppin State
|
72–57
|
ESPN2
|
| *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
|
Bracket
| Quarterfinals
March 9–10
ESPN+
| | | Semifinals
March 11
ESPN+
| | | Championship
March 12
ESPN2
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Norfolk State
| 74
| | | |
|
| 8
| Delaware State
| 66
| |
| | 1
| Norfolk State
| 72
| |
|
| |
| | | 4
| Morgan State
| 63
| |
| 4
| Morgan State
| 80
| |
| |
| 5
| South Carolina State
| 77
| |
| | 1
| Norfolk State
| 72
| |
|
| |
| | | 7
| Coppin State
| 57
| |
| 2
| Howard
| 57
| | |
| |
| 7
| Coppin State
| 59
| |
| | 7
| Coppin State
| 79
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| North Carolina Central
| 73
| |
| 3
| North Carolina Central
| 68
| |
| |
| 6
| UMES
| 56
| |
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