2020 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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2020 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams10
Site Norfolk Scope
Norfolk, Virginia
Television FloHoops, ESPN2
  2019
2021  
2019–20 MEAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Carolina Central 133 .8131813  .581
North Carolina A&T 124 .7501615  .516
Norfolk State 124 .7501615  .516
Florida A&M*106 .6251215  .444
Bethune–Cookman 106 .6251614  .533
Morgan State 97 .5631516  .484
Coppin State 79 .4381120  .355
South Carolina State 610 .3751118  .379
MD Eastern Shore 412 .250527  .156
Delaware State 412 .250626  .188
Howard 115 .063429  .121
* Ineligible for postseason due to improper certification of student-athletes
Note: The 2020 MEAC tournament was canceled during the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was scheduled to be held from March 10 through March 14, 2020 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Contents

The tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020 after four games had already been played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The tournament was the last scheduled conference tournament to be canceled. [2] [3]

Seeds

10 eligible teams (Florida A&M self-imposed a postseason ban for 2020 due to improper certification of student-athletes) [4] were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first-round bye.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 North Carolina Central 13–3
2 North Carolina A&T 12–41–0 vs. Norfolk State
3 Norfolk State 12–40–1 vs. North Carolina A&T
4 Bethune–Cookman 10–6
5 Morgan State 9–7
6 Coppin State 7–9
7 South Carolina State 6–10
8 Delaware State 4–121–1 vs. North Carolina Central
9 Maryland Eastern Shore 4–120–2 vs. North Carolina Central
10 Howard 1–15

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 10
116:00 pmNo. 8 Delaware State vs. No. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore68–64FLOHOOPS (ppv)
28:00 pmNo. 7 South Carolina State vs. No. 10 Howard63–70
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
236:00 pmNo. 1 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Delaware State92–75FLOHOOPS (ppv)
48:00 pmNo. 2 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 10 Howard86–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
356:00 pmNo. 4 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 5 Morgan StatecanceledFLOHOOPS (ppv)
68:00 pmNo. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
476:00 pmNo. 1 North Carolina Central vs Game 5 WinnercanceledFLOHOOPS (ppv)
88:00 pmNo. 2 North Carolina A&T vs Game 6 Winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14
591:00 pmGame 7 Winner vs Game 8 Winnercanceled ESPN2
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source: [5] [6]

Bracket

First round
March 10
FLOHOOPS
Quarterfinals
March 11 and 12
FLOHOOPS
Semifinals
March 13
FLOHOOPS
Championship
March 14
ESPN2
            
1 North Carolina Central92
8 Delaware State 75
8 Delaware State68
9 UMES 64
1 North Carolina Central
 
4 Bethune–Cookman
5 Morgan State
 
 
2 North Carolina A&T86
10 Howard 77
7 South Carolina State 63
10 Howard70
2 North Carolina A&T
 
3 Norfolk State
6 Coppin State

* denotes overtime period

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