MEAC women's basketball tournament

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1978–79, 1982–present
Current champion Norfolk State (4th)
Most championships Howard (11)
Official website Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball
Host locations
Greensboro, North Carolina
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Norfolk, Virginia
Baltimore, Maryland
Tallahassee, Florida
Richmond, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The MEAC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). It is a single-elimination tournament involving all 13 league members, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. [1] [2]

Contents

The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Results

YearChampionScoreRunner-upLocation
1978 South Carolina State (1)85–70 Morgan State Greensboro, NC
1979South Carolina State (2)76–56 Howard
1980Not held.
1981
1982Howard (1)77–69South Carolina StateGreensboro, NC
1983South Carolina State (3)65–64 Bethune–Cookman
1984Bethune–Cookman (1)62–61 (OT)South Carolina State
1985Howard (2)No details Philadelphia, PA
1986South Carolina State (4)59–57Howard
1987Howard (3)62–57South Carolina StateGreensboro, NC
1988Howard (4)83–57 North Carolina A&T
1989Howard (5)83–57North Carolina A&T
1990Howard (6)84–60 Delaware State
1991 Coppin State (1)55–53North Carolina A&T Norfolk, VA
1992South Carolina State (5)69–44Bethune–Cookman
1993South Carolina State (6)65–54Coppin State
1994North Carolina A&T (1)76–67Howard Baltimore, MD
1995 Florida A&M 71–69Howard
1996Howard (7)65–46North Carolina A&T Tallahassee, FL
1997Howard (8)84–53Florida A&MNorfolk, VA
1998Howard (9)78–70 Hampton Richmond, VA
1999Florida A&M (2)69–47Hampton
2000Hampton (1)66–64 Norfolk State
2001Howard (10)86–83Hampton
2002Norfolk State (1)61–52Hampton
2003Hampton (2)69–57Delaware State
2004Hampton (3)65–50Delaware State
2005Coppin State (2)67–43Norfolk State
2006Coppin State (3)46–36Delaware State Raleigh, NC
2007Delaware State (1)55–42Morgan State
2008Coppin State (4)72–70North Carolina A&T
2009North Carolina A&T (2)76–54Hampton Winston-Salem, NC
2010 Hampton (3)57–46South Carolina State
2011 Hampton (4)61–42Howard
2012 Hampton (5)54–53Howard
2013Hampton (6)59–38HowardNorfolk, VA
2014Hampton (7)50–47Coppin State
2015 Savannah State (1)65–47 Maryland Eastern Shore
2016North Carolina A&T (3)65–46Coppin State
2017 Hampton (8)52–49Bethune–Cookman
2018 North Carolina A&T (4)72–65 (OT)Hampton
2019 Bethune–Cookman (2)57–45Norfolk State
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2021North Carolina A&T (5)59–57HowardNorfolk, VA
2022 Howard (11)61–44Norfolk State
2023 Norfolk State (2)56–52Howard
2024 Norfolk State (3)51–46 Howard
2025 Norfolk State (4)68-56Howard

List of championships by school

SchoolTournament ChampionshipsLast Championship
Howard 111982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2022
Hampton 92000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
South Carolina State 61978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993
North Carolina A&T 51994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021
Norfolk State 42002, 2023, 2024, 2025
Coppin State 41991, 2005, 2006, 2008
Bethune–Cookman 21984, 2019
Florida A&M 21995, 1999
Delaware State 12007
Savannah State 12015

See also

References

  1. "2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference".
  2. "MEAC Women's Basketball Records Book" (PDF). meacsports.com. MEAC. Retrieved 20 February 2023.