2012 MEAC men's basketball tournament

2012 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2011–12
Teams	13
Site	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Champions	Norfolk State (1st title)
Winning coach	Anthony Evans (1st title)
Television	ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

The 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place on March 5–10, 2012 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

External links

• meachoops.com