2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2022 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2022 MAAC men's basketball tournament.

2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Robert Jones (2nd title)
MVP	Joe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Norfolk State †	12	–	2		.857			24	–	7		.774
Howard	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
North Carolina Central	8	–	5		.615			16	–	15		.516
Morgan State	7	–	6		.538			13	–	15		.464
South Carolina State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
Maryland Eastern Shore	6	–	8		.429			11	–	16		.407
Coppin State	6	–	8		.429			9	–	23		.281
Delaware State	0	–	14		.000			2	–	26		.071
† 2022 MEAC tournament winner

The 2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 9–12, 2022. The tournament winner, Norfolk State, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds

8 eligible teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Norfolk State	12–2
2	Howard	9–5
3	North Carolina Central	8–5
4	Morgan State	7–6
5	South Carolina State	7–7
6	MD Eastern Shore	6–8	2–0 vs CSU
7	Coppin State	6–8	0–2 vs UMES
8	Delaware State	0–14

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 Delaware State	74–66	ESPN+
2	8:30 p.m.	No. 2 Howard vs. No. 7 Coppin State	57–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Morgan State vs. No. 5 South Carolina State	80–77	ESPN+
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 North Carolina Central vs. No. 6 Maryland-Eastern Shore	68–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 Morgan State	72-63	ESPN+
6	8:30 p.m.	No. 7 Coppin State vs. No. 3 North Carolina Central	79-73
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 Coppin State	72–57	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 9–10 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11 ESPN+					Championship March 12 ESPN2
	1	Norfolk State	74
	8	Delaware State	66
						1	Norfolk State	72
						4	Morgan State	63
	4	Morgan State	80
	5	South Carolina State	77
											1	Norfolk State	72
											7	Coppin State	57
	2	Howard	57
	7	Coppin State	59
						7	Coppin State	79
						3	North Carolina Central	73
	3	North Carolina Central	68
	6	UMES	56