2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteNorfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
TelevisionESPN3
← 2019
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2019–20 MEAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
15 – 1   .938 22 – 5   .815
12 – 4   .750 18 – 11   .621
12 – 4   .750 16 – 13   .552
11 – 5   .688 19 – 9   .679
9 – 7   .563 12 – 17   .414
8 – 8   .500 12 – 17   .414
7 – 9   .438 16 – 14   .533
5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
4 – 12   .250 6 – 21   .222
3 – 13   .188 3 – 25   .107
2 – 14   .125 3 – 27   .100
† 2020 MEAC Tournament winner
As of December 31, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason college basketball tournament that was scheduled to take place from March 10–14, 2020, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] The first-round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games were to be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were to be held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16. The winner of the tournament would have receive a first-round bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2] That decision, which came with under two minutes remaining in Morgan State's eventual 64-63 quarterfinal win over Delaware State, meant that game became the final college basketball game, men's or women's, played that season, and ultimately the final NCAA-sponsored event of the 2019–20 school year.[3]

Seeds[]

Only 10 of the 11 teams are eligible for the tournament.

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

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Bethune–Cookman 15–1
2 Norfolk State 12–4
3 Morgan State 12–4
4 North Carolina A&T 11–5
5 North Carolina Central 9–7
6 Delaware State 8–8
7 Howard 7–9
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore 5–11
9 Coppin State 3–13
10 South Carolina State 2–14
† – MEAC regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule[]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1 1 Noon No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 9 Coppin State 62–50 FloHoops
2 2:30 pm No. 7 Howard vs. No. 10 South Carolina State 79–72
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2 3 Noon No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 1 Bethune-Cookman 61-55 FloHoops
4 2:30 pm No. 7 Howard vs. No. 2 Norfolk State 45–76
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 5 Noon No. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 4 North Carolina A&T 56-54 FloHoops
6 2:30 pm No. 6 Delaware State vs. No. 3 Morgan State 63-64
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 7 No. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore Cancelled
8 No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Morgan State Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6 9 Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner Cancelled
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

First Round
Tuesday, March 10 		Quarterfinals
Wed./Thurs., March 11/12 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Championship Game
Saturday, March 14
3:30 pm
            
1 Bethune-Cookman 55
8 Maryland Eastern Shore 61
8 Maryland Eastern Shore 62
9 Coppin State 50
 
 
4 North Carolina A&T 54
5 North Carolina Central 56
 
 
2 Norfolk State 76
7 Howard 45
7 Howard 79
10 South Carolina State 72
 
 
3 Morgan State 64
6 Delaware State 63

References[]

  1. ^ "2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). MEAC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "MEAC Tournament Ends with Lady Bears Defeating Delaware State, 64-63".
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