Basketball Tournament
The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia[1] The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All 13 tweams contested the tournament.[2]
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
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School
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Conference
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Tiebreaker 1
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Tiebreaker 2
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Tiebreaker 3
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Tiebreaker 4
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Tiebreaker 5
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Tiebreaker 6
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Tiebreaker 7
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1
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Bethune-Cookman
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12-4
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1-1 vs. North Carolina A&T
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0-1 vs. Hampton
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1-0 vs. Coppin State
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2
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North Carolina A&T
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12–4
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1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman
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0-1 vs. Hampton
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0-1 vs. Coppin State
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3
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Hampton
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11-5
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4
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Coppin State
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10–6
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2-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES
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5
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Morgan State
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10-6
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2-2 vs. Coppin/UMES
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6
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Maryland Eastern Shore
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10-6
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1-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State
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7
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Florida A&M
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9-7
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8
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Savannah State
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7–9
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1-1 vs. South Carolina State
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0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman
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0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T
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0-1 vs. Hampton
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1-0 vs. Coppin State
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0-1 vs. Morgan State
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1-0 vs. UMES
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9
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South Carolina State
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7-9
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1-1 vs. Savannah State
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0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman
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0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T
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0-1 vs. Hampton
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1-0 vs. Coppin State
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0-1 vs. Morgan State
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0-1 vs. UMES
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10
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Delaware State
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6–10
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11
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Howard
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4-12
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12
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North Carolina Central
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3-13
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1-0 vs. Norfolk State
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13
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Norfolk State
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3-13
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0-1 vs. North Carolina Central
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† – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
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Schedule
Session
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Game
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Time*
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Matchup#
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Score
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Television
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First round – Monday, March 7
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1
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1
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11:00 am
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#4 Coppin State vs. #13 Norfok State
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78-54
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ESPN3
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2
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1:00 pm
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#5 Morgan State vs. #12 NC Central
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52-42
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3
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3:00 pm
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#6 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #11 Howard
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68-51
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First round – Tuesday, March 8
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2
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4
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Noon
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#8 Savannah State vs. #9 South Carolina State
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61-53
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ESPN3
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5
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2:00 pm
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#7 Florida A&M vs. #10 Delaware State
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79-74
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
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3
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6
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Noon
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#1 Bethune-Cookman vs. #9 South Carolina State
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56-48
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ESPN3
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7
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2:00 pm
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#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #7 Florida A&M
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67-50
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
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5
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8
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Noon
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#3 Hampton vs. #11 Howard
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64-58
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ESPN3
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9
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2:00 pm
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#4 Coppin State vs. #5 Morgan State
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63-53
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Semifinals – Friday, March 11
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6
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10
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Noon
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#4 Coppin State vs. #9 South Carolina State
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81-62
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ESPN3
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11
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2:00 pm
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#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton
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63-54
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Championship – Saturday, March 12
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8
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12
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6:00pm
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#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #4 Coppin State
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65-46
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ESPN3
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*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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Bracket
| First round March 7/8
| | | Quarterfinals March 9/10
| | | Semifinals March 11
| | | Championship March 12
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| | | | 1
| Bethune-Cookman
| 48
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| | | 9
| South Carolina State
| 56
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| 8
| Savannah State
| 53
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| 9
| South Carolina State
| 61
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| | 9
| South Carolina State
| 62
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| | | 4
| Coppin State
| 81
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| 4
| Coppin State
| 78
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| 13
| Norfolk State
| 54
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| | 4
| Coppin State
| 63
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| | | 5
| Morgan State
| 53
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| 5
| Morgan State
| 52
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| 12
| North Carolina Central
| 42
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| | 4
| Coppin State
| 46
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| | | 2
| North Carolina A&T
| 65
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| | 2
| North Carolina A&T
| 67
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| | | 7
| Florida A&M
| 50
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| 7
| Florida A&M
| 79
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| 10
| Delaware State
| 74
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| | 2
| North Carolina A&T
| 63
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| | | 3
| Hampton
| 54
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| | 3
| Hampton
| 64
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| | | 11
| Howard
| 58
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| 6
| Maryland Eastern Shore
| 51
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| 11
| Howard
| 68
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* denotes overtime period
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