2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament
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]
| 2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia |
| Television | ESPN3 |
| 2019–20 MEAC women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 22 | – | 5 | .815 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland–Eastern Shore | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coppin State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 3 | – | 25 | .107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 MEAC Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- "2020 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). MEAC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- https://morganstatebears.com/news/2020/3/13/womens-basketball-meac-tournament-ends-with-lady-bears-defeating-delaware-state-64-63.aspx