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1986 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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1986 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1985–86
Teams6
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina A&T (11th title)
Winning coachDon Corbett (5th title)
MVPThomas Griffis (North Carolina A&T)
← 1985
1987 →
1985–86 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina A&T 12 2   .857 22 8   .733
Howard 11 3   .786 18 9   .667
Delaware State 7 7   .500 11 17   .393
Coppin State 7 7   .500 10 17   .370
Morgan State 7 7   .500 7 20   .259
South Carolina State 5 9   .357 10 18   .357
Bethune–Cookman 4 10   .286 7 22   .241
Maryland Eastern Shore 3 11   .214 5 23   .179
1986 MEAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–8, 1986, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated Howard, 53–52 in the championship game, to win its fifth consecutive MEAC Tournament title.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

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Six of eight conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 6
Semifinals
March 7
Final
March 8
         
1 North Carolina A&T 75
5 Bethune-Cookman 66
4 South Carolina State 85
5 Bethune–Cookman 92
1 North Carolina A&T 53
2 Howard 52
3 Delaware State 64
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 75
6 Maryland-Eastern Shore 55
2 Howard 83

* denotes overtime period

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References

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  1. ^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2022.