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.
| 2024 MEAC women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions | Norfolk State (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Larry Vickers (2nd title) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coppin State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 2 | – | 28 | .067 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 MEAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
editAll 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Schedule
edit| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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+ | |
| *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals March 13–14 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 15 ESPN+ | Championship March 16 ESPN+ | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | South Carolina State | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Coppin State | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Coppin State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Howard | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Howard | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Morgan State | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Howard | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina Central | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Carolina Central | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Delaware State | 56 | ||||||||||||
Source:[3]
References
edit- ^ "2024 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". meacsports.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "2024 MEAC Basketball Tournament". VisitNorfolk. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "2024 MEAC Basketball Tournament Women's Bracket (PDF) - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference" (PDF). meacsports.com. Retrieved February 18, 2024.