2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament
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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.
2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2021–22 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia |
Champions | Norfolk State (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Robert Jones (2nd title) |
MVP | Joe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Eastern Shore | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coppin State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 MEAC tournament winner |
Seeds
edit8 eligible teams were 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 | 12–2 | |
2 | Howard | 9–5 | |
3 | North Carolina Central | 8–5 | |
4 | Morgan State | 7–6 | |
5 | South Carolina State | 7–7 | |
6 | MD Eastern Shore | 6–8 | 2–0 vs CSU |
7 | Coppin State | 6–8 | 0–2 vs UMES |
8 | Delaware State | 0–14 |
Schedule
editGame | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
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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
editQuarterfinals 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 |
References
edit- ^ "2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". meacsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.