1996 MEAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1996 MEAC I Men's 8 Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida 1995 men South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State 2nd Cy Alexander 2nd Derrick Patterson South Carolina State The 1996 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place February 29–March 2, 1996, at the Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida. 1995 men South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State defeated 1995 men Coppin State Eagles Coppin State, 69–56 in the championship game, to win its second MEAC Tournament title. The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the West region. In the round of 64, South Carolina State fell to No. 2 seed Kansas 92–54. Format Eight of ten conference members participated with play beginning with the quarterfinal round. Bracket QuarterfinalsFebruary 29 SemifinalsMarch 1 Championship gameMarch 2 high 1 South Carolina State 79 8 1995 none Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 58 4 1995 men Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman 74 5 1995 men North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T 75 3 1995 men Delaware State Hornets Delaware State 59 6 1995 men Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Maryland Eastern Shore 56 2 1995 men Coppin State Eagles Coppin State 83 7 1995 men Howard Bison Howard 63 1 South Carolina State 69 5 North Carolina A&T 46 3 Delaware State 64 2 Coppin State 78 1 South Carolina State 69 2 Coppin State 56 * denotes overtime period MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book https://static.meacsports.com/custompages/Records/Men's%20Basketball%20Record%20Book.pdf Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference December 11, 2021 References 2 Category:MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:1995–96 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Tallahassee, Florida Category:College basketball tournaments in Florida Category:March 1996 sports events in the United States Category:South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball