2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	13
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Hampton (6th title)
Winning coach	Edward Joyner (3rd title)
MVP	Reginald Johnson (Hampton)
Television	ESPN3, ESPNU
MEAC women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 MEAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Carolina A&T †	12	–	4		.750			19	–	11		.633
Bethune-Cookman	12	–	4		.750			18	–	12		.600
Hampton	11	–	5		.688			14	–	17		.452
Coppin State	10	–	6		.625			16	–	16		.500
Morgan State	10	–	6		.625			13	–	17		.433
Maryland-Eastern Shore	10	–	6		.625			12	–	17		.414
Florida A&M	9	–	7		.563			16	–	15		.516
South Carolina State	7	–	9		.438			13	–	16		.448
Savannah State	7	–	9		.438			10	–	18		.357
Delaware State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
Howard	4	–	12		.250			7	–	24		.226
North Carolina Central	3	–	13		.188			5	–	23		.179
Norfolk State	3	–	13		.188			3	–	24		.111
† 2016 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 13 tweams contested 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	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4	Tiebreaker 5	Tiebreaker 6	Tiebreaker 7
1	Bethune-Cookman	12-4	1-1 vs. North Carolina A&T	0-1 vs. Hampton	1-0 vs. Coppin State
2	North Carolina A&T	12–4	1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman	0-1 vs. Hampton	0-1 vs. Coppin State
3	Hampton	11-5
4	Coppin State	10–6	2-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES
5	Morgan State	10-6	2-2 vs. Coppin/UMES
6	Maryland Eastern Shore	10-6	1-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State
7	Florida A&M	9-7
8	Savannah State	7–9	1-1 vs. South Carolina State	0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman	0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T	0-1 vs. Hampton	1-0 vs. Coppin State	0-1 vs. Morgan State	1-0 vs. UMES
9	South Carolina State	7-9	1-1 vs. Savannah State	0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman	0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T	0-1 vs. Hampton	1-0 vs. Coppin State	0-1 vs. Morgan State	0-1 vs. UMES
10	Delaware State	6–10
11	Howard	4-12
12	North Carolina Central	3-13	1-0 vs. Norfolk State
13	Norfolk State	3-13	0-1 vs. North Carolina Central
† – 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 7
1	1	11:00 am	#4 Coppin State vs. #13 Norfolk State	78-54	ESPN3
	2	1:00 pm	#5 Morgan State vs. #12 NC Central	52-42
	3	3:00 pm	#6 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #11 Howard	68-51
First round – Tuesday, March 8
2	4	Noon	#8 Savannah State vs. #9 South Carolina State	61-53	ESPN3
	5	2:00 pm	#7 Florida A&M vs. #10 Delaware State	79-74
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
3	6	Noon	#1 Bethune-Cookman vs. #9 South Carolina State	56-48	ESPN3
	7	2:00 pm	#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #7 Florida A&M	67-50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
5	8	Noon	#3 Hampton vs. #11 Howard	64-58	ESPN3
	9	2:00 pm	#4 Coppin State vs. #5 Morgan State	63-53
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
6	10	Noon	#4 Coppin State vs. #9 South Carolina State	81-62	ESPN3
	11	2:00 pm	#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton	63-54
Championship – Saturday, March 12
8	12	6:00pm	#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #4 Coppin State	65-46	ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 7/8					Quarterfinals March 9/10					Semifinals March 11					Championship March 12
						1	Bethune-Cookman	48
						9	South Carolina State	56
	8	Savannah State	53
	9	South Carolina State	61
											9	South Carolina State	62
											4	Coppin State	81
	4	Coppin State	78
	13	Norfolk State	54
						4	Coppin State	63
						5	Morgan State	53
	5	Morgan State	52
	12	North Carolina Central	42
																4	Coppin State	46
																2	North Carolina A&T	65
						2	North Carolina A&T	67
						7	Florida A&M	50
	7	Florida A&M	79
	10	Delaware State	74
											2	North Carolina A&T	63
											3	Hampton	54
						3	Hampton	64
						11	Howard	58
	6	Maryland Eastern Shore	51
	11	Howard	68

* denotes overtime period