2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2017 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	North Carolina Central (2nd title)
Winning coach	LeVelle Moton (2nd title)
MVP	Patrick Cole (North Carolina Central)
Television	ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2016–17 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
NC Central †	13	–	3		.813			25	–	9		.735
Norfolk State	12	–	4		.750			17	–	17		.500
Morgan State	11	–	5		.688			14	–	16		.467
Hampton	11	–	5		.688			14	–	17		.452
Savannah State*	10	–	6		.625			13	–	16		.448
MD Eastern Shore	9	–	7		.563			14	–	20		.412
South Carolina State	7	–	9		.438			11	–	20		.355
Delaware State	7	–	9		.438			10	–	22		.313
Coppin State	7	–	9		.438			8	–	24		.250
Bethune–Cookman	6	–	10		.375			10	–	22		.313
Howard	5	–	11		.313			10	–	24		.294
Florida A&M	5	–	11		.313			7	–	23		.233
North Carolina A&T	1	–	15		.063			3	–	29		.094
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2017 MEAC tournament winner

The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The champion, North Carolina Central, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 67–59 win over Norfolk State in the championship game.

Seeds

The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Savannah State 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	North Carolina Central	13–3
2	Norfolk State	12–4
3	Morgan State	11–5	1–0 vs Hampton
4	Hampton	11–5	0–1 vs Morgan State
5	Md. Eastern Shore	9–7
6	Coppin State	7–9	0–1 vs Norfolk State
7	South Carolina State	7–9	0–2 vs Norfolk State
8	Delaware State	7–9	0–2 vs South Carolina State/Coppin State
9	Bethune–Cookman	6–10
10	Florida A&M	5–11	2–0 vs Howard
11	Howard	5–11	0–2 vs Florida A&M
12	North Carolina A&T	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 6
1	1	5:00 pm	#5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #12 North Carolina A&T	75–65
	2	7:00 pm	#6 Coppin State vs. #11 Howard	73–79
First round – Tuesday, March 7
2	3	4:00 pm	#8 Delaware State vs. #9 Bethune–Cookman	62–69
	4	6:00 pm	#7 South Carolina State vs. #10 Florida A&M	82–78
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3	5	6:00 pm	#9 Bethune–Cookman vs. #1 North Carolina Central	60–95
	6	8:00 pm	#7 South Carolina State vs. #2 Norfolk State	88–93OT
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4	7	6:00 pm	#11 Howard vs. #3 Morgan State	68–65
	8	8:00 pm	#5 Md. Eastern Shore vs. #4 Hampton	68–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5	9	6:00 pm	#1 North Carolina Central vs. #5 Md. Eastern Shore	77–49
	10	8:00 pm	#2 Norfolk State vs. #11 Howard	68–53
Championship – Saturday, March 11
6	11	1:00pm	#1 North Carolina Central vs. #2 Norfolk State	67–59	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 6/7					Quarterfinals March 8/9					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
						1	North Carolina Central	95
						9	Bethune–Cookman	60
	8	Delaware State	62
	9	Bethune–Cookman	69
											1	North Carolina Central	77
											5	Maryland Eastern Shore	49
						4	Hampton	66
						5	Maryland Eastern Shore	68
	5	Maryland Eastern Shore	75
	12	North Carolina A&T	65
																1	North Carolina Central	67
																2	Norfolk State	59
						2	Norfolk State	93*
						7	South Carolina State	88
	7	South Carolina State	82*
	10	Florida A&M	78
											2	Norfolk State	68
											11	Howard	53
						3	Morgan State	65
						11	Howard	68
	6	Coppin State	73
	11	Howard	79

* denotes overtime period