2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 2016 MEAC I Men's 200px 12 Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia Hampton 6th Edward Joyner 3rd Reginald Johnson Hampton ESPN3, ESPN2 The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia2016 MEAC Mens Basketball Tournament Bracket http://www.meachoops.com/media/2015-16/2016%20meac%20mbb%20bbt%20bracketfinal.pdf MEACHoops.com Streamline Technologies 8 February 2016 The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Seeds The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.2015-16 APR penalties from NCAA http://www.collegebasketball.ap.org/article/2015-16-apr-penalties-ncaa Associated Press Associated Press 8 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308201213/http://www.collegebasketball.ap.org/article/2015-16-apr-penalties-ncaa 8 March 2016 dead Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Hampton13–3 2Norfolk State 12–4 1–0 vs. South Carolina State 3South Carolina State12–40–1 vs. Norfolk State4Bethune-Cookman10–65Savannah State9–76North Carolina A&T7–92–0 vs. North Carolina Central, 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore7North Carolina Central7–91–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T8Maryland Eastern Shore7–90–1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 0–1 vs. North Carolina Central9Morgan State6–102–0 vs. Coppin State, 1–0 vs. Howard10Howard6–101–1 vs. Coppin State, 0–1 vs. Morgan State11Coppin State6–101–1 vs. Howard, 0–2 vs. Morgan State12Delaware State5–11† – MEAC regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Monday, March 711 5:00 pm#5 Savannah State vs. #12 Delaware State63–58ESPN327:00 pm#6 North Carolina A&T vs. #11 Coppin State91–982OT First round – Tuesday, March 823 4:00 pm#8 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #9 Morgan State58–65ESPN346:00 pm#7 North Carolina Central vs. #10 Howard68–66 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9456:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #9 Morgan State83–81ESPN368:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #7 North Carolina Central66–47 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10576:00 pm#3 South Carolina State vs. #11 Coppin State90–80ESPN388:00 pm#4 Bethune-Cookman vs. #5 Savannah State50–57 Semifinals – Friday, March 11696:00 pm#1 Hampton vs. #5 Savannah State89–55ESPN3108:00 pm#2 Norfolk State vs. #3 South Carolina State67–65 Championship – Saturday, March 127111:00pm#1 Hampton vs. #3 South Carolina State81–69ESPN2 *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket First roundMarch 7/8 QuarterfinalsMarch 9/10 SemifinalsMarch 11 ChampionshipMarch 12 12em 3em 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 58 9 Morgan State 65 5 Savannah State 63 12 Delaware State 58 7 North Carolina Central 68 10 Howard 66 6 North Carolina A&T 91 11 Coppin State 98** 1 Hampton 83 9 Morgan State 81 4 Bethune-Cookman 50 5 Savannah State 57 2 Norfolk State 66 7 North Carolina Central 47 3 South Carolina State 90 11 Coppin State 80 1 Hampton 89 5 Savannah State 55 2 Norfolk State 65 3 South Carolina State 67 1 Hampton 81 3 South Carolina State 69 * denotes overtime period References Category:2015–16 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season Category:MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:2016 in sports in Virginia Category:Basketball competitions in Norfolk, Virginia Category:College basketball tournaments in Virginia Category:March 2016 sports events in the United States Category:Hampton Pirates basketball