| Year: | 2019 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions: | Bethune–Cookman |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Vanessa Blair-Lewis |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Angel Golden |
| Mvpteam: | Bethune–Cookman |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 11–15, 2019, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The first round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games will be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16.[1] Bethune-Cookman won the championship game over Norfolk State to earn their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2]
All 12 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 | North Carolina A&T | 16–0 | ||||
| 2 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12–4 | ||||
| 3 | Bethune–Cookman | 11–5 | ||||
| 4 | Howard | 10–6 | ||||
| 5 | Norfolk State | 10–6 | ||||
| 6 | South Carolina State | 8–8 | ||||
| 7 | Morgan State | 8–8 | ||||
| 8 | North Carolina Central | 5–11 | ||||
| 9 | Delaware State | 5–11 | ||||
| 10 | Savannah State | 5–11 | ||||
| 11 | Coppin State | 4–12 | ||||
| 12 | Florida A&M | 2–14 | ||||
| † – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Monday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard | 53–59 | FloHoops | |
| 2 | 3:30 pm | No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State | 50–48 | |||
| First round – Tuesday, March 12 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 1:00 pm | No. 9 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Delaware State | 80–64 | FloHoops | |
| 4 | 3:30 pm | No. 10 Savannah State vs. No. 7 South Carolina State | 53–62 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 pm | FloHoops | |||
| 6 | 2:00 pm | |||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 5 Howard vs. No. 4 Norfolk State | FloHoops | ||
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 3 Bethune–Cookman | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 12:00 pm | FloHoops | |||
| 10 | 2:00 pm | |||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | TBA | ESPN3 | |||
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