2018 MEAC women's basketball tournament explained

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 5–10, 2018, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.^[1] First round games were played March 5 and March 6, with the quarterfinal games played on March 7 and 8. The semifinals were held March 9, with the championship game on March 10.^[2]

Seeds

All 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
1	North Carolina A&T	15–1
2	Bethune–Cookman	15–1
3	Hampton	12–4
4	Norfolk State	11–5
5	Howard	8–8
6	Morgan State	8–8
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	7–9
8	North Carolina Central	7–9
9	South Carolina State	6–10
10	Delaware State	5–11
11	Coppin State	5–11
12	Florida A&M	4–12
13	Savannah State	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 5
1	1	11:00 am	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 4 Norfolk State	51–48	ESPN3
2	1:30 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard	69–64
3	4:00 pm	No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State	51–58
First round – Tuesday, March 6
2	4	11:00 am	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 8 North Carolina Central	76–67	ESPN3
5	1:30 pm	No. 10 Delaware State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	60–77
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
4	6	12:00 pm	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	38–54	ESPN3
7	2:00 pm	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	65–71
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
5	8	12:00 pm	No. 6 Morgan State vs. No. 3 Hampton	57–66	ESPN3
9	2:00 pm	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 12 Florida A&M	64–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
6	10	12:00 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	61–65	ESPN3
11	2:00 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	61–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7	12	3:30 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	65–72 (OT)	ESPN3
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-18 MEAC Championships . MEACSports.com . . en . 2019-03-09 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930220533/https://meacsports.com/sports/2017/10/7/About%20The%20MEAC_1007174544.aspx . 2020-09-30.
2. Web site: 2018 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament . MEACSports.com . . 2022-04-26 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912180250/https://meacsports.com/documents/2018/3/1/2018_WBB_BBT_Bracket.pdf . 2020-09-12.