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2006 MEAC men's basketball tournament
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2006 MEAC I Men's 11 RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Hampton 3rd Bobby Collins 1st Rashad West Hampton
The 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 7–11, 2006, at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hampton defeated 2005 men Delaware State Hornets Delaware State, 60–56 in the championship game, to capture its third MEAC Tournament title. The Pirates earned an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the Minneapolis region. In the play-in round they fell to fellow No. 16 seed Monmouth 71–49.
Format
All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.
Bracket
1 0 First roundTuesday-Wednesday,March 7–8 QuarterfinalsWednesday-Thursday,March 8–9 SemifinalsFriday, March 10 FinalSaturday, March 11 8 2005 men North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T 52 9 2005 men Howard Bison Howard 62 6 Hampton 63 11 2005 none Morgan State Bears Morgan State 51 7 2005 men Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State 73 10 2005 men Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Maryland Eastern Shore 71 1 2005 men Delaware State Hornets Delaware State 59 9 Howard 47 4 2005 none South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State 60 5 2005 none Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 52 6 Hampton 57 3 2005 men Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 55 2 2005 men Coppin State Eagles Coppin State 67 7 Norfolk State 79 1 Delaware State 63 4 South Carolina State 51 6 Hampton 73 7 Norfolk State 56 1 Delaware State 56 6 Hampton 60
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
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