# 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All 13 tweams contested the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 | Tiebreaker 5 | Tiebreaker 6 | Tiebreaker 7 |
| 1 | Bethune-Cookman | 12-4 | 1-1 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | | | | |
| 2 | North Carolina A&T | 12–4 | 1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 0-1 vs. Coppin State | | | | |
| 3 | Hampton | 11-5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Coppin State | 10–6 | 2-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES | | | | | | |
| 5 | Morgan State | 10-6 | 2-2 vs. Coppin/UMES | | | | | | |
| 6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 10-6 | 1-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State | | | | | | |
| 7 | Florida A&M | 9-7 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Savannah State | 7–9 | 1-1 vs. South Carolina State | 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman | 0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | 0-1 vs. Morgan State | 1-0 vs. UMES |
| 9 | South Carolina State | 7-9 | 1-1 vs. Savannah State | 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman | 0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | 0-1 vs. Morgan State | 0-1 vs. UMES |
| 10 | Delaware State | 6–10 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Howard | 4-12 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | North Carolina Central | 3-13 | 1-0 vs. Norfolk State | | | | | | |
| 13 | Norfolk State | 3-13 | 0-1 vs. North Carolina Central | | | | | | |
| † – 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 | 11:00 am | #4 Coppin State vs. #13 Norfolk State | 78-54 | ESPN3 |
| 1 | 2 | 1:00 pm | #5 Morgan State vs. #12 NC Central | 52-42 | ESPN3 |
| 1 | 3 | 3:00 pm | #6 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #11 Howard | 68-51 | ESPN3 |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | Noon | #8 Savannah State vs. #9 South Carolina State | 61-53 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 5 | 2:00 pm | #7 Florida A&M vs. #10 Delaware State | 79-74 | ESPN3 |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 3 | 6 | Noon | #1 Bethune-Cookman vs. #9 South Carolina State | 56-48 | ESPN3 |
| 3 | 7 | 2:00 pm | #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #7 Florida A&M | 67-50 | ESPN3 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 5 | 8 | Noon | #3 Hampton vs. #11 Howard | 64-58 | ESPN3 |
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm | #4 Coppin State vs. #5 Morgan State | 63-53 | ESPN3 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 6 | 10 | Noon | #4 Coppin State vs. #9 South Carolina State | 81-62 | ESPN3 |
| 6 | 11 | 2:00 pm | #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton | 63-54 | ESPN3 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 8 | 12 | 6:00pm | #2 North Carolina A&T vs. #4 Coppin State | 65-46 | ESPN3 |
| *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 | Bethune-Cookman | 48 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | South Carolina State | 56 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Savannah State | 53 | 9 | South Carolina State | 56 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | South Carolina State | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | South Carolina State | 61 | | | | 9 | South Carolina State | 62 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Coppin State | 81 | | | | |
| 4 | Coppin State | 78 | | | | | | | 4 | Coppin State | 81 | |
| 13 | Norfolk State | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Norfolk State | 54 | 4 | Coppin State | 63 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Morgan State | 53 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Morgan State | 52 | 5 | Morgan State | 53 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | North Carolina Central | 42 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | North Carolina Central | 42 | | | | | | | | 4 | Coppin State | 46 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | North Carolina A&T | 65 |
| | | | 2 | North Carolina A&T | 67 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Florida A&M | 50 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Florida A&M | 79 | 7 | Florida A&M | 50 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Delaware State | 74 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Delaware State | 74 | | | | 2 | North Carolina A&T | 63 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Hampton | 54 | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Hampton | 64 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Howard | 58 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 51 | 11 | Howard | 58 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Howard | 68 | | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period