2012 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2012 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams13
SiteLawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ChampionsNorfolk State (1st title)
Winning coachAnthony Evans (1st title)
TelevisionESPN2
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2013 →

The 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–10, 2012[1] at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Norfolk State won the tournament and received an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The 2012 championship game will be televised on ESPN2 at 1:00 PM eastern on March 10. This will be the final year in Winston-Salem, as the Tournament will move to Norfolk, VA beginning in 2013.

Format[]

With Savannah State and North Carolina Central now in the MEAC as full Division I members, the MEAC will have a new format for the 2012 tournament. The top three seeds will receive a first round bye.


2011–12 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Savannah State 14 – 2   .875 21 – 12   .636
Norfolk State† 13 – 3   .813 26 – 10   .722
Delaware State 12 – 4   .750 15 – 14   .517
Bethune-Cookman 11 – 5   .688 18 – 17   .514
North Carolina Central 10 – 6   .625 17 – 15   .531
Coppin State 9 – 7   .563 14 – 16   .467
North Carolina A&T 7 – 9   .438 12 – 20   .375
Hampton 6 – 10   .375 12 – 21   .364
Morgan State 6 – 10   .375 9 – 20   .310
Howard 6 – 10   .375 10 – 21   .323
Florida A&M 6 – 10   .375 10 – 23   .303
Maryland Eastern Shore 4 – 12   .250 7 – 23   .233
South Carolina State 0 – 16   .000 5 – 26   .161
† 2012 MEAC Tournament winner
As of March 16, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll


Bracket[]

First Round
March 6 		Quarterfinals
March 7 and March 8 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship Game
March 10
            
1 Savannah State 46
8 Hampton 59
8 Hampton 69
9 Morgan State 65
8 Hampton 72
4 Bethune-Cookman 81
4 Bethune-Cookman 62
13 South Carolina State 53
4 Bethune-Cookman 60
5 North Carolina Central 59
5 North Carolina Central 60
12 Maryland Eastern Shore 43
4 Bethune-Cookman 70
2 Norfolk State 73
2 Norfolk State 71
10 Howard 61
7 North Carolina A&T 50
10 Howard 51
2 Norfolk State 58
11 Florida A&M 46
3 Delaware State 55
11 Florida A&M 65OT
6 Coppin State 72
11 Florida A&M 74

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). MEACHoops.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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