2018 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 5–10, 2018 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] First round games were played March 5 and March 6, with the quarterfinal games played on March 7 and 8. The semifinals were held March 9, with the championship game on March 10.[2]

2018 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	13
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	North Carolina A&T (4th title)
Winning coach	Tarrell Robinson (1st title)
MVP	Kala Green (North Carolina A&T)
Television	ESPN3
MEAC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2017–18 MEAC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bethune–Cookman	15	–	1		.938			24	–	7		.774
North Carolina A&T †	15	–	1		.938			23	–	9		.719
Hampton	12	–	4		.750			18	–	14		.563
Norfolk State	11	–	5		.688			18	–	11		.621
Morgan State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Howard	8	–	8		.500			12	–	18		.400
Maryland-Eastern Shore	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
North Carolina Central	7	–	9		.438			9	–	21		.300
South Carolina State	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Coppin State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	23		.207
Delaware State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	24		.200
Florida A&M	4	–	12		.250			8	–	24		.250
Savannah State	1	–	15		.063			5	–	25		.167
† 2018 MEAC Tournament winner As of 16 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 13 teams were eligible for the tournament.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference
1	North Carolina A&T	15–1
2	Bethune–Cookman	15–1
3	Hampton	12–4
4	Norfolk State	11–5
5	Howard	8–8
6	Morgan State	8–8
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	7–9
8	North Carolina Central	7–9
9	South Carolina State	6–10
10	Delaware State	5–11
11	Coppin State	5–11
12	Florida A&M	4–12
13	Savannah State	1–15
† – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 5
1	1	11:00 am	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 4 Norfolk State	51–48	ESPN3
	2	1:30 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard	69–64
	3	4:00 pm	No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State	51–58
First round – Tuesday, March 6
2	4	11:00 am	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 8 North Carolina Central	76–67	ESPN3
	5	1:30 pm	No. 10 Delaware State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	60–77
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
4	6	12:00 pm	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	38–54	ESPN3
	7	2:00 pm	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	65–71
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
5	8	12:00 pm	No. 6 Morgan State vs. No. 3 Hampton	57–66	ESPN3
	9	2:00 pm	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 12 Florida A&M	64–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
6	10	12:00 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	61–65	ESPN3
	11	2:00 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	61–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7	12	3:30 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	65–72 (OT)	ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round March 5 and 6					Quarterfinals March 7 and 8					Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10 ESPN3
						1	North Carolina A&T	54
						9	South Carolina State	38
	8	North Carolina Central	67
	9	South Carolina State	76
											1	North Carolina A&T	65
										12	Florida A&M	61
	4	Norfolk State	48
	13	Savannah State	51
						13	Savannah State	64
						12	Florida A&M	66
	5	Howard	64
	12	Florida A&M	69
																1	North Carolina A&T	72
																3	Hampton	65
						2	Bethune–Cookman	71
						7	Maryland Eastern Shore	65
	7	Maryland East Shore	77
	10	Delaware State	59
											2	Bethune–Cookman	60
										3	Hampton	61
						3	Hampton	66
						6	Morgan State	57
	6	Morgan State	58
	11	Coppin State	51

References

1. "2017-18 MEAC Championships". meacsports.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
2. http://meacsports.com/documents/2018/3/1//2018_WBB_BBT_Bracket.pdf

External links

• Official site