MEAC men's basketball tournament

MEAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Number of teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumNorfolk Scope
Current locationNorfolk, VA
Played1972–present
Last contest2024
Current championHoward Bison
Most championshipsNorth Carolina A&T Aggies (16)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websitewww.meachoops.com
Sponsors
ESPNU, Russel Athletics, State Farm Insurance, Coca-Cola, Nike, Wachovia

The MEAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the MEAC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1972. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Results

Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location
1972 North Carolina A&T 71–62 Howard Robert Lewis (HU) Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC
1973 North Carolina A&T 86–81 Howard William Harris (NCAT)
1974 Maryland Eastern Shore 77–62 Morgan State Talvin Skinner (UMES) Baltimore Civic Center • Baltimore, MD
1975 North Carolina A&T 86–77 Morgan State Marvin Webster (MSU)
1976 Morgan State 82–77 Howard James Sparrow (NCAT) Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
1977 North Carolina A&T 66–63 Morgan State Eric Evans (MSU)
1978 North Carolina A&T 82–77 Howard James Sparrow (NCAT)
1979 North Carolina A&T 48–46 Howard Larry Spriggs (HU)
1980 Howard 78–69 Maryland Eastern Shore Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC
1981 Howard 66-63 North Carolina A&T Unknown
1982 North Carolina A&T 79–67 Howard Eric Boyd (NCAT)
1983 North Carolina A&T 71–64 Howard Joe Binion (NCAT) Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
1984 North Carolina A&T 65–58 Howard Eric Boyd (NCAT)
1985 North Carolina A&T 71–69 Howard The Palestra • Philadelphia, PA
1986 North Carolina A&T 53–52 Howard Thomas Griffis (NCAT) Philadelphia Civic Center • Philadelphia, PA
1987 North Carolina A&T 79–58 Howard Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
1988 North Carolina A&T 101–86 Florida A&M Claude Williams (NCAT)
1989 South Carolina State 83–79 Florida A&M Travis Williams (SCSU)
1990 Coppin State 54–50 North Carolina A&T Reggie Isaac (CSU)
1991 Florida A&M 84–80 Delaware State Kenneth Davis (Florida A&M) Norfolk Scope • Norfolk, VA
1992 Howard 67–65 Florida A&M Howard Holley (HU)
1993 Coppin State 80–53 Delaware State Dion Schultz (CSU)
1994 North Carolina A&T 87–70 South Carolina State[1] Phillip Allen (NCAT) Talmadge L. Hill Field House • Baltimore, MD
1995 North Carolina A&T 66–64 Coppin State
1996 South Carolina State 69–56 Coppin State Derrick Patterson (SCSU) Leon County Civic Center • Tallahassee, FL
1997 Coppin State 81–74 * North Carolina A&T Terquin Mott (CSU) Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall • Norfolk, VA
1998 South Carolina State 66–61 Coppin State Roderick Blakney (SCSU) Richmond Coliseum • Richmond, VA
1999 Florida A&M 64–61 South Carolina State Monroe Pippins (Florida A&M)
2000 South Carolina State 70–53 Coppin State Mike Waitre (SCSU) Arthur Ashe Athletic Center and Richmond Coliseum • Richmond, VA
2001 Hampton 70–68 South Carolina State Tarvis Williams (HIU)
2002 Hampton 80-62 Howard Tommy Adams (HIU)
2003 South Carolina State 72–67 Hampton Dustin Braddick (SCSU)
2004 Florida A&M 58–51 Coppin State Terrence Woods (Florida A&M)
2005 Delaware State 55–53 Hampton Jahsha Bluntt (DSU)
2006 Hampton 60–56 Delaware State Rashad West (HIU) RBC Center • Raleigh, NC
2007 Florida A&M 58–56 Delaware State Brian Greene (Florida A&M)
2008 Coppin State 62–60 Morgan State Tywain McKee (CSU)
2009 Morgan State 83–69 Norfolk State Reggie Holmes (MSU) LJVM Coliseum • Winston-Salem, NC
2010 Morgan State 68–61 South Carolina State Kevin Thompson (MSU)
2011 Hampton 60–55 Morgan State Brandon Tunnell (HIU)
2012 Norfolk State 73–70 Bethune-Cookman Kyle O'Quinn (NSU)
2013 North Carolina A&T 57–54 Morgan State Adrian Powell (NCAT) Norfolk Scope • Norfolk, VA
2014 North Carolina Central 71–62 Morgan State Jeremy Ingram (NCCU)
2015 Hampton 82–61 Delaware State Deron Powers (HIU)
2016 Hampton 81–69 South Carolina State Reginald Johnson (HIU)
2017 North Carolina Central 67–59 Norfolk State Patrick Cole (NCCU)
2018 North Carolina Central 71–63 Hampton Pablo Rivas (NCCU)
2019 North Carolina Central 50–47 Norfolk State Raasean Davis (NCCU)
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Norfolk State 71–63 Morgan State Joe Bryant Jr. (NSU)
2022 Norfolk State 72–57 Coppin State
2023 Howard 65–64 Norfolk State Jelani Williams (HU)
2024 Howard 70–67 Delaware State Jordan Hairston (HU)

* Overtime

Tournament championships by school

School # of tournament championships Last tournament championship
North Carolina A&T 16 2013
Hampton 6 2016
Howard 5 2024
South Carolina State 5 2003
Coppin State 4 2008
Florida A&M 4 2007
North Carolina Central 4 2019
Morgan State 3 2010
Norfolk State 3 2022
Delaware State 1 2005
UMES 1 1974

Television coverage

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Ref
2024 ESPN2 Anish Shroff John "Jet" Williams
2023 Derek Jones
2022 Kevin Fitzgerald King McClure
2021 John Schriffen Cory Alexander
2020 Derek Jones Malcolm Huckaby
2019 Roy Philpott Cory Alexander
2018 Malcolm Huckaby
2017 Stan Lewter
2016 Craig Robinson
2015 Jason Benetti
2014 Tom Hart Stan Lewter
2013 Jason Benetti
2012 Justin Kutcher [2]
2011 Dickey Simpkins [3]
2010 Allen Hopkins Stephen Howard [4]
2009 ESPNU Charlie Neal Nate Ross [5]
2008 ESPN Classic Stan Lewter [6]
2007 [7]
1999 ESPN2 Chris Marlowe

See also

References

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