# 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia 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.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Hampton | 13–3 | |
| 2 | Norfolk State | 12–4 | 1–0 vs. South Carolina State |
| 3 | South Carolina State | 12–4 | 0–1 vs. Norfolk State |
| 4 | Bethune-Cookman | 10–6 | |
| 5 | Savannah State | 9–7 | |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 7–9 | 2–0 vs. North Carolina Central, 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 7 | North Carolina Central | 7–9 | 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T |
| 8 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 7–9 | 0–1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 0–1 vs. North Carolina Central |
| 9 | Morgan State | 6–10 | 2–0 vs. Coppin State, 1–0 vs. Howard |
| 10 | Howard | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. Coppin State, 0–1 vs. Morgan State |
| 11 | Coppin State | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. Howard, 0–2 vs. Morgan State |
| 12 | Delaware State | 5–11 | |
| † – 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 7 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5:00 pm | #5 Savannah State vs. #12 Delaware State | 63–58 | ESPN3 |
| 1 | 2 | 7:00 pm | #6 North Carolina A&T vs. #11 Coppin State | 91–98$^{2OT}$ | ESPN3 |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4:00 pm | #8 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #9 Morgan State | 58–65 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 4 | 6:00 pm | #7 North Carolina Central vs. #10 Howard | 68–66 | ESPN3 |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6:00 pm | #1 Hampton vs. #9 Morgan State | 83–81 | ESPN3 |
| 4 | 6 | 8:00 pm | #2 Norfolk State vs. #7 North Carolina Central | 66–47 | ESPN3 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 5 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #3 South Carolina State vs. #11 Coppin State | 90–80 | ESPN3 |
| 5 | 8 | 8:00 pm | #4 Bethune-Cookman vs. #5 Savannah State | 50–57 | ESPN3 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 6 | 9 | 6:00 pm | #1 Hampton vs. #5 Savannah State | 89–55 | ESPN3 |
| 6 | 10 | 8:00 pm | #2 Norfolk State vs. #3 South Carolina State | 67–65 | ESPN3 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 7 | 11 | 1:00pm | #1 Hampton vs. #3 South Carolina State | 81–69 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 7/8 | First round March 7/8 | First round March 7/8 | Quarterfinals March 9/10 | Quarterfinals March 9/10 | Quarterfinals March 9/10 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 |
| | | | 1 | Hampton | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Morgan State | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 58 | 9 | Morgan State | 81 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Morgan State | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Morgan State | 65 | | | | 1 | Hampton | 89 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Savannah State | 55 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Bethune-Cookman | 50 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Savannah State | 57 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Savannah State | 63 | 5 | Savannah State | 57 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Delaware State | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Delaware State | 58 | | | | | | | 1 | Hampton | 81 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | South Carolina State | 69 |
| | | | 2 | Norfolk State | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | North Carolina Central | 47 | | | | | | |
| 7 | North Carolina Central | 68 | 7 | North Carolina Central | 47 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Howard | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Howard | 66 | | | | 2 | Norfolk State | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | South Carolina State | 67 | | | |
| | | | 3 | South Carolina State | 90 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Coppin State | 80 | | | | | | |
| 6 | North Carolina A&T | 91 | 11 | Coppin State | 80 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Coppin State | 98** | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period