2017 MEAC women's basketball tournament

2017 MEAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	13
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Hampton
Television	ESPN3
MEAC women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 MEAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bethune-Cookman	15	–	1		.938			19	–	9		.679
Howard	12	–	4		.750			16	–	12		.571
Hampton	11	–	5		.688			17	–	12		.586
Norfolk State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	14		.500
Florida A&M	9	–	7		.563			11	–	18		.379
North Carolina A&T	8	–	8		.500			12	–	17		.414
Savannah State	8	–	8		.500			11	–	18		.379
Coppin State	8	–	8		.500			8	–	20		.286
Morgan State	7	–	9		.438			9	–	20		.310
North Carolina Central	7	–	9		.438			8	–	20		.286
Maryland-Eastern Shore	6	–	10		.375			12	–	15		.444
South Carolina State	2	–	14		.125			5	–	22		.185
Delaware State	2	–	14		.125			3	–	26		.103
† 2017 MEAC tournament winner As of March 6, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. First round games were played March 6 and March 7, with the quarterfinal games played on March 8 and 9. The semifinals were held March 10, with the championship game on March 11.

Seeds

The top 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	Tiebreaker
1	Bethune Cookman	15–1
2	Howard	12–4
3	Hampton	11–5
4	Florida A&M	9–7	1–0 vs Norfolk State
5	Norfolk State	9–7	0–1 vs. Florida A&M
6	Coppin State	8–8	2–0 vs. North Carolina A&T/Savannah State
7	North Carolina A&T	8–8	1–1 vs. Coppin State/Savannah State
8	Savannah State	8–8	0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T/Coppin State
9	Morgan State	7–9	1–0 vs. NC Central
10	NC Central	7–9	0–1 vs. Morgan State
11	Maryland-Eastern Shore	6–10
12	Delaware State	2–14	1–0 vs. SC State
13	South Carolina State	2–14	0–1 vs. Delaware State
† – 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 6
1	1	11:00 am	#4 Florida A&M vs. #13 South Carolina State	65–62	ESPN3
	2	1:00 pm	#5 Norfolk State vs. #12 Delaware State	60–40
	3	3:00 pm	#6 Coppin State vs. #11 Maryland-Eastern Shore	59–62
First round – Tuesday, March 7
2	4	12:00 pm	#8 Savannah State vs. #9 Morgan State	59–51	ESPN3
	5	2:00 pm	#7 North Carolina A&T vs. #10 NC Central	71–53
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
4	6	12:00 pm	#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #8 Savannah State	53–43	ESPN3
	7	2:00 pm	#4 Florida A & M vs. #5 Norfolk State	65–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
5	8	12:00 pm	#2 Howard 58 vs. #7 North Carolina A&T 68	58–68	ESPN3
	9	2:00 pm	#3 Hampton 66 vs. #11 Maryland Eastern Shore 56	66–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
6	10	12:00 pm	#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #5 Norfolk State	59–42	ESPN3
	11	2:00 pm	#7 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton	62–64
Championship – Saturday, March 11
7	12	4:00 pm	#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #3 Hampton	49–52	ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 6 and 7					Quarterfinals March 8 and 9					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11 ESPN3
						1	Bethune Cookman	53
						8	Savannah State	43
	8	Savannah State	59
	9	Morgan State	51
											1	Bethune Cookman	59
											5	Norfolk State	42
	4	Florida A&M	65
	13	South Carolina State	62
						4	Florida A&M	65
						5	Norfolk State	77
	5	Norfolk State	60
	12	Delaware State	40
																1	Bethune Cookman	49
																3	Hampton	52
						2	Howard	58
						7	North Carolina A&T	68
	7	North Carolina A&T	71
	10	North Carolina Central	53
											7	North Carolina A&T	62
											3	Hampton	64
						3	Hampton	66
						11	Maryland Eastern Shore	56
	6	Coppin State	59
	11	Maryland-Eastern Shore	62

External links

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