2022 MEAC women's basketball tournament explained

The 2022 MEAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place March 9–12, 2022.^[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1[2]	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4
1	Howard	11-3	2-2 vs. Morgan State/Norfolk State	2-0 vs. Coppin State
2	Norfolk State	11-3	2-2 vs. Howard/Morgan State	1-1 vs. Coppin State	8-0 vs. UM-ES, SC ST, NCCU, DSU	Superior scoring margin vs. conference opponents over Morgan State
3	Morgan State	11-3	2-2 vs. Howard/Norfolk State	1-1 vs. Coppin State	8-0 vs. UM-ES, SC ST, NCCU, DSU	Inferior scoring margin vs. conference opponents compared to Norfolk State
4	Coppin State	9-5
5		7–7
6	South Carolina State	4-10
7	North Carolina Central	3-11
8	Delaware State	0–14

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1	Noon	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 Delaware State	87–51	ESPN+
2	2:00pm	No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 NC Central	58–52
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3	Noon	No. 4 Coppin State vs. No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore	65-73	ESPN+
4	2:00pm	No. 3 Morgan State vs. No. 6 South Carolina State	66-53
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
5	Noon	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore	68-54	ESPN+
6	2:00pm	No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Morgan State	53-51
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7	4:00pm	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 2 Norfolk State	61–44	ESPN+
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. 2022-02-19. meacsports.com. en.
2. Web site: Women's Bracket Set for 2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament .