2018 MEAC women's basketball tournament

2018 MEAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	13
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	North Carolina A&T (4th title)
Winning coach	Tarrell Robinson (1st title)
MVP	Kala Green (North Carolina A&T)
Television	ESPN3
MEAC women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 MEAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bethune–Cookman	15	–	1		.938			24	–	7		.774
North Carolina A&T †	15	–	1		.938			23	–	9		.719
Hampton	12	–	4		.750			18	–	14		.563
Norfolk State	11	–	5		.688			18	–	11		.621
Morgan State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Howard	8	–	8		.500			12	–	18		.400
Maryland-Eastern Shore	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
North Carolina Central	7	–	9		.438			9	–	21		.300
South Carolina State	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Coppin State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	23		.207
Delaware State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	24		.200
Florida A&M	4	–	12		.250			8	–	24		.250
Savannah State	1	–	15		.063			5	–	25		.167
† 2018 MEAC tournament winner As of 16 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 5–10, 2018, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. First round games were played March 5 and March 6, with the quarterfinal games played on March 7 and 8. The semifinals were held March 9, with the championship game on March 10.

Seeds

All 13 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
1	North Carolina A&T	15–1
2	Bethune–Cookman	15–1
3	Hampton	12–4
4	Norfolk State	11–5
5	Howard	8–8
6	Morgan State	8–8
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	7–9
8	North Carolina Central	7–9
9	South Carolina State	6–10
10	Delaware State	5–11
11	Coppin State	5–11
12	Florida A&M	4–12
13	Savannah State	1–15
† – 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 5
1	1	11:00 am	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 4 Norfolk State	51–48	ESPN3
	2	1:30 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard	69–64
	3	4:00 pm	No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State	51–58
First round – Tuesday, March 6
2	4	11:00 am	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 8 North Carolina Central	76–67	ESPN3
	5	1:30 pm	No. 10 Delaware State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	60–77
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
4	6	12:00 pm	No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	38–54	ESPN3
	7	2:00 pm	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	65–71
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
5	8	12:00 pm	No. 6 Morgan State vs. No. 3 Hampton	57–66	ESPN3
	9	2:00 pm	No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 12 Florida A&M	64–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
6	10	12:00 pm	No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	61–65	ESPN3
	11	2:00 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman	61–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7	12	3:30 pm	No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T	65–72 (OT)	ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 5 and 6					Quarterfinals March 7 and 8					Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10 ESPN3
						1	North Carolina A&T	54
						9	South Carolina State	38
	8	North Carolina Central	67
	9	South Carolina State	76
											1	North Carolina A&T	65
											12	Florida A&M	61
	4	Norfolk State	48
	13	Savannah State	51
						13	Savannah State	64
						12	Florida A&M	66
	5	Howard	64
	12	Florida A&M	69
																1	North Carolina A&T	72
																3	Hampton	65
						2	Bethune–Cookman	71
						7	Maryland Eastern Shore	65
	7	Maryland East Shore	77
	10	Delaware State	59
											2	Bethune–Cookman	60
											3	Hampton	61
						3	Hampton	66
						6	Morgan State	57
	6	Morgan State	58
	11	Coppin State	51

External links

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