2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament explained

The 2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 8 teams were eligible and 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	11-3
2	Morgan State	10-4	2-0 vs. North Carolina Central
3	Howard	10-4	1-1 vs. North Carolina Central
4	North Carolina Central	8-6
5	Coppin State	5-9	3-1 vs. Delaware State/Maryland Eastern Shore
6	Delaware State	5-9	2-2 vs. Coppin State/Maryland Eastern Shore
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	5-9	1-3 vs. Coppin State/Delaware State
8	South Carolina State	2-12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	61-37	ESPN+
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Morgan State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	46-49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 North Carolina Central vs. No. 5 Coppin State	57-50	ESPN+
4	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Howard vs. No. 6 Delaware State	67-35
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 North Carolina Central	81-59	ESPN+
6	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 3 Howard	60-62
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Howard		ESPN Networks
Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. en.