2009 MEAC men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 2009 MEAC I Men's MEACBBtourneylogo09.jpg 200px 2009 Tournament Logo 11 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina Morgan State 2nd Todd Bozeman 1st Reggie Holmes Morgan State 40,046 ESPNU The 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, the culmination of the 2008–09 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season and a part of the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 10–March 14, 2009, at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPNU. The championship game matched Morgan State against 2008 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State, who made its first appearance in the MEAC championship game since it joined the league in 1997. Morgan State won 83–69, for its 2nd tournament title, the first won in 1977. As champion, Morgan State received the MEAC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.http://www.meachoops.com/?DB_OEM_ID=20800 MEACHOOPS.com 4 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090402051654/http://www.meachoops.com/?DB_OEM_ID=20800 2 April 2009 live Bracket http://www.meachoops.com/content/pdf/09bb_tournament_bracket.pdf 2009 MEAC Tournament Bracket https://www.webcitation.org/5iejbaxjP?url=http://www.meachoops.com/content/pdf/09bb_tournament_bracket.pdf 2009-07-30 live 2009-03-06 First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game high 8 2008 none Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 71 9 2008 Howard Bison Howard 58 7 2008 none Hampton Pirates Hampton 51 10 2008 Delaware State Hornets Delaware State 32 6 2008 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman 52 11 2008 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Maryland Eastern Shore 47 1 Morgan State 71 8 Florida A&M 41 4 2008 North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T 63 5 2008 Coppin State Eagles Coppin State 66 2 2008 none South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State 57 7 Hampton 56 3 2008 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State 63 6 Bethune–Cookman 58 1 Morgan State 75 5 Coppin State 67 2 South Carolina State 71 3 Norfolk State 74 1 Morgan State 83 3 Norfolk State 69 References 2 Category:MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:2008–09 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season MEAC Men's Basketball Category:Basketball competitions in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Category:College basketball tournaments in North Carolina Category:March 2009 sports events in the United States Category:Morgan State Bears basketball