2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	12
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Hampton (6th title)
Winning coach	Edward Joyner (3rd title)
MVP	Reginald Johnson (Hampton)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2015–16 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hampton †	13	–	3		.813			21	–	11		.656
South Carolina State	12	–	4		.750			19	–	15		.559
Norfolk State	12	–	4		.750			17	–	17		.500
Bethune–Cookman	10	–	6		.625			14	–	18		.438
Savannah State	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
North Carolina Central	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
North Carolina A&T	7	–	9		.438			10	–	22		.313
Md. Eastern Shore	7	–	9		.438			10	–	22		.313
Howard	6	–	10		.375			12	–	20		.375
Morgan State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	22		.290
Coppin State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	22		.290
Delaware State	5	–	11		.313			7	–	25		.219
Florida A&M*	4	–	12		.250			8	–	21		.276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2016 MEAC tournament winner As of March 18, 2016

Seeds

The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Hampton	13–3
2	Norfolk State	12–4	1–0 vs. South Carolina State
3	South Carolina State	12–4	0–1 vs. Norfolk State
4	Bethune-Cookman	10–6
5	Savannah State	9–7
6	North Carolina A&T	7–9	2–0 vs. North Carolina Central, 1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
7	North Carolina Central	7–9	1–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T
8	Maryland Eastern Shore	7–9	0–1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 0–1 vs. North Carolina Central
9	Morgan State	6–10	2–0 vs. Coppin State, 1–0 vs. Howard
10	Howard	6–10	1–1 vs. Coppin State, 0–1 vs. Morgan State
11	Coppin State	6–10	1–1 vs. Howard, 0–2 vs. Morgan State
12	Delaware State	5–11
† – 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	5:00 pm	#5 Savannah State vs. #12 Delaware State	63–58	ESPN3
	2	7:00 pm	#6 North Carolina A&T vs. #11 Coppin State	91–982OT
First round – Tuesday, March 8
2	3	4:00 pm	#8 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #9 Morgan State	58–65	ESPN3
	4	6:00 pm	#7 North Carolina Central vs. #10 Howard	68–66
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
4	5	6:00 pm	#1 Hampton vs. #9 Morgan State	83–81	ESPN3
	6	8:00 pm	#2 Norfolk State vs. #7 North Carolina Central	66–47
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
5	7	6:00 pm	#3 South Carolina State vs. #11 Coppin State	90–80	ESPN3
	8	8:00 pm	#4 Bethune-Cookman vs. #5 Savannah State	50–57
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
6	9	6:00 pm	#1 Hampton vs. #5 Savannah State	89–55	ESPN3
	10	8:00 pm	#2 Norfolk State vs. #3 South Carolina State	67–65
Championship – Saturday, March 12
7	11	1:00pm	#1 Hampton vs. #3 South Carolina State	81–69	ESPN2
*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	Hampton	83
						9	Morgan State	81
	8	Maryland Eastern Shore	58
	9	Morgan State	65
											1	Hampton	89
											5	Savannah State	55
						4	Bethune-Cookman	50
						5	Savannah State	57
	5	Savannah State	63
	12	Delaware State	58
																1	Hampton	81
																3	South Carolina State	69
						2	Norfolk State	66
						7	North Carolina Central	47
	7	North Carolina Central	68
	10	Howard	66
											2	Norfolk State	65
											3	South Carolina State	67
						3	South Carolina State	90
						11	Coppin State	80
	6	North Carolina A&T	91
	11	Coppin State	98**

* denotes overtime period